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  • The soldier, identified only as Dima, said that it changed the war in Ukraine's favor.

The war in Ukraine was changed by the Starlink satellites, according to a Ukrainian soldier.

The soldier's comments were reported by the British journalist David Patrikarakos, who was reporting from the Ukrainian city of Dnipro.

I want to say one thing, I think that the war in Ukraine was changed by the Starlink device.

Russia blew up all our comms. They can now. Under fire, Starlink works. It works in Mariupol, according to Dima.

The internet division of Musk's firm is called Starlink.

Three days after Russia invaded Ukraine, Musk announced that Starlink was activated and that terminals were on their way to the country.

The billionaire was asked by the Ukrainian Vice Prime Minister to send the terminals. The internet flows across the country were affected by Russian attacks.

More than 5,000 Starlink internet terminals have been active in the country as of last month, according to The Washington Post. Fedorov told The Post that Starlink was very effective during the invasion.

Ukrainian forces have been assisted by the satellites.

The Times of London reported last month that an elite Ukrainian drone unit is using Starlink to destroy dozens of Russian targets in the night time.

The leader of the unit told The Times that if they used a drone with thermal vision at night, it would have to connect through Starlink to the guy.

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