Author: Meike Laaff

At ZEIT ONLINE since March 2019. Previously editor at the “tageszeitung” (“taz”) and freelance author and editor, primarily at Deutschlandfunk Kultur. Trained at the Berlin School of Journalism, studied political science in Berlin.

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Future Russia-Ukraine War

Signal To Ukraine? Inside Europe’s Rush For A Starlink Alternative

Photo of ​Ukrainian soldiers manning drones, like here on the Kherson front line.
Ukrainian soldiers rely on satellite connections to man drones, like here on the Kherson front line. Hector Adolfo Quintanar Perez/ZUMA

Ukraine needs satellite internet defense capabilities like that provided by Starlink. But do they really want to be dependent on Elon Musk? The good news is that Europe is not completely empty-handed. But time is of the essence.

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