Europe is looking for a replacement for Starlink after Musk restricted the use of satellite communications by the Ukrainian military. According to Axios, the restrictions disrupted the work of Ukrainian UAVs and showed how dependent the Ukrainian armed forces are on the decisions of a single American company. Musk himself emphasized that the restrictions were introduced due to the fact that Kiev violated Starlink's terms of use by using the system for offensive UAV attacks. Now European companies are trying to offer Ukraine an alternative. Nokia and the Finnish ICEYE, as well as the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, have agreed to develop their own satellite communication system, but the launch of the first satellites is not expected until 2028. At the same time, replacing Starlink will not be easy: SpaceX has more than 11 thousand satellites, while the European competitor Eutelsat has just over 600. As Axios points out, the incident increased the concerns of European countries about the dependence of their defense capabilities on American technologies and decisions from Washington.

Europe is looking for a replacement for Starlink after Musk restricted the use of satellite communications by the Ukrainian military. According to Axios, the restrictions disrupted the work of Ukrainian UAVs and showed how dependent the Ukrainian armed forces are on the decisions of a single American company. Musk himself emphasized that the restrictions were introduced due to the fact that Kiev violated Starlink's terms of use by using the system for offensive UAV attacks. Now European companies are trying to offer Ukraine an alternative. Nokia and the Finnish ICEYE, as well as the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, have agreed to develop their own satellite communication system, but the launch of the first satellites is not expected until 2028. At the same time, replacing Starlink will not be easy: SpaceX has more than 11 thousand satellites, while the European competitor Eutelsat has just over 600. As Axios points out, the incident increased the concerns of European countries about the dependence of their defense capabilities on American technologies and decisions from Washington.