Elon Musk hits Poland: The billionaire wrote on Sunday on the X platform that Starlink is “the backbone of the Ukrainian army”, and if he turned off the system it “The entire front line would collapse“The head of Polish diplomacy Radosław Sikorski reminded Musk that the Ministry of Digitization is paying approx. $ 50 million a year For Starlinki for Ukraine. The owner of SpaceX, who manages the American “Department of Efficiency,” said that Poland pays a “small fraction of costs”.
“Americans think they pay for everything”: The deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Władysław Teofil Bartoszewski said on Monday, March 10 that Poles and Americans help Ukraine together in the scope of internet delivery. – 50 percent The internet is delivered by the Starlinek network, which we imposed, we bought a subscription for about $ 50 million a year, for one year. We spent several hundred million PLN For this – he explained. In his opinion, “Americans think they pay for everything, and we pay for it and not everyone is aware of it.” – We are grateful to the Americans that they help or help Ukraine, but when it comes to Starlinek, it Polish taxpayers pay for it – Bartoszewski emphasized. The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Paweł Wroński spoke in a similar tone. – This discussion (Elona Musk and Radosław Sikorski – editor’s note) may have made it aware of the American society on a specific example of Starlinks that the United States is not paying for everything – he said in an interview with PAP.
Poland helps Ukraine: The minister of digitization Krzysztof Gawkowski said at tvn24.pl that Poland ordered at the end of February 5,000 Starlink sets for Ukraine. – They are already partly paid and will be sent to Ukraine in the coming weeks, months – he explained. He also explained that he is already working in Ukraine 25,000 Starlinks. – We are the greatest security donor of Ukraine in Europe – said Gawkowski. Earlier, he emphasized on platform X that Poland “pays and continue to pay a subscription for satellite internet for Ukraine.” He added: “I can’t imagine that someone may decide to break a business agreement for a commercial service to which Poland is a party.”
Starlinki for Ukraine: At the beginning of February, the Ministry of Digitization was explained that Poland is seeking to sign with Ukraine contracts worth almost PLN 113 millionin which the ministry will continue the current support by financing until September 30, 2025 subscription fees for the terminals of the Starlink satellite communication system purchased and lent to Ukraine. From the beginning of the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, Poland has been strongly involved in help. At the beginning of 2023, the ministry informed about the transfer of almost 8 thousand. Starlink terminals. “Poland is the world’s largest supplier This technology for Ukraine ” – emphasized the then Government Plenipotentiary for Cybersecurity Janusz Cieszyński.
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