Elon Musk is Ukraine's knight in shining armour for this solid!

Elon Musk is Ukraine's knight in shining armour for this solid!

He connected them to the rest of the world!

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We are definitely going to claim him for this noble act he did for Ukraine! 

The SA-born billionaire, Elon Musk, saved the day by making internet connection possible for Ukrainians. 

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Elon Musk said Saturday his company SpaceX's Starlink satellite broadband service had been activated in Ukraine, after a Kyiv official urged the tech titan to provide his embattled country with stations.

"Starlink service is now active in Ukraine," Musk tweeted, adding "more terminals en route."

It was literally just 10 hours after Ukrainian Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov urged Musk to provide Starlink services to Ukraine, days after it was invaded by neighbouring Russia.

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He shared this in a tweet:

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He also called on the billionaire "to address sane Russians to stand" against their government's invasion.

Internet monitor NetBlocks shared that Ukraine has seen a "series of significant disruptions to internet service" since Thursday, when Russia launched military operations in the country.

And the tech giant delivered accordingly! Check this out:

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Starlink operates a constellation of more than 2,000 satellites that aim to provide internet access across the planet.

The company on Friday launched a further 50 Starlink satellites and many more are slated to be put into Earth's orbit.

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