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Starlink Suffers Brief Global Outage, Disrupting Ukraine's Frontline Communications
The outage disrupted internet for over 50,000 users globally, including Ukrainian forces relying on Starlink for battlefield communications, with service restored within hours.
- Starlink, the satellite internet service owned by Elon Musk, experienced a global outage on September 15, impacting users worldwide, including military units in Ukraine and hospitals.
- The company is investigating the outage, which has affected vital services across various sectors in Ukraine.
- Robert "Madyar" Brovdi stated on Telegram that "Starlink is once again down across the entire front line," illustrating the urgency of the situation for military operations.
- Since 2022, Kyiv has received over 50,000 Starlink terminals, largely supported by Poland’s contribution of nearly 30,000 terminals.
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