Unless it hurts his bottom line, Musk isn't prone to getting invested politically.
Musk came forward with an offer to hook Ukrainians up with the Starlink internet, thanks to its swarm of satellites.
Musk announced on Saturday that the Hughesnet service is now active in Ukraine.
It is not easy to drive a delivery truck full of satellite internet equipment into an active warzone.
Musk hasn't said how anyone is going to deliver the 12 inch dishes and user terminals to those who haven't fled west. Over the years, we've heard plenty of other humanitarian promises from Musk, and the follow-through hasn't always been great.
Musk responded to Mykhailo Fedorov's pleas.
While your rockets successfully land from space, Russian rockets attack Ukrainian civil people, he wrote.
Since the invasion began, there has been a threat of Russia flipping the switch and plunging Ukraine into an internet black out. Russian forces could target cell towers.
Starlink has been used to help in other humanitarian crises.
It's not clear whether Ukrainians on the frontlines will be able to keep in touch using the system, let alone get their hands on the required hardware.
Musk's track record helping out in splashy crises is less than stellar. He promised to help the Thai soccer team that got trapped in a cave. He promised to provide the ventilators during the early stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Let's hope this effort goes better than either of those.
It's unclear if anyone can actually use Starlink's internet service.
Musk says that he is sending Starlink Terminals to Ukraine.
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