Poland's PKN Orlen sends Starlink terminals to Ukraine

Poland’s biggest oil refiner PKN Orlen has delivered a batch of Starlink internet terminals to Ukraine, the Polish News Agency PAP reported on Saturday.

Daniel Obajtek, head of Polish state oil giant Orlen.

Photo: Szczecinianka00, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Starlink, operated by SpaceX, provides high-speed Internet connections through a constellation of satellites deployed to low-Earth orbit.

Announcing the delivery of Starlink antennas, Orlen’s CEO Daniel Obajtek said in a Twitter post: "It was a tough, but very important task. We managed to hand over a large batch of Starlinks to Ukraine in record time."

"We support our neighbors and stand in solidarity with Ukraine and its citizens," Obajtek said.

To było trudne, ale bardzo ważne zadanie. Udało nam się w ekspresowym tempie przekazać Ukrainie dużą partię #Starlink.ów, które umożliwią jej kontakt ze światem. Wspieramy naszych sąsiadów i pozostajemy solidarni z Ukrainą i jej obywatelami pic.twitter.com/3lJJmYKRLI

— Daniel Obajtek (@DanielObajtek) March 19, 2022

On Friday, Ukraine's deputy prime minister Mykhailo Fedorov tweeted a picture of the Starlink dishes arriving from Poland and thanked the Polish government for its support.

A new batch of Starlink stations! While Russia is blocking access to the Internet, Ukraine is becoming more open to the entire world. Ukraine is the truth. The truth always wins. Thank you, @elonmusk, the Government of Poland, and Orlen. pic.twitter.com/TP0kpn3rPS

— Mykhailo Fedorov (@FedorovMykhailo) March 18, 2022

Saturay is day 24 of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which began on February 24.

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Source: PAP, IAR