This is the most downloaded app in Ukraine at the moment and not without reason!

Starlink, the Elon Musk app, which enables users to access SpaceX satellite internet service with the same name, was the most downloaded app in Ukraine on Monday afternoon, March 14th, according to data from the Wall Street Journal.

The application has been fired nearly 100,000 times in Ukraine, according to Sensor Tower, with global downloads tripled in the last two weeks.

Starlink became available in Ukraine several days after Russia invaded the country, when the country's digital transformation minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, begged Musk through Twitter to provide Ukraine with terminals that enable service CE a request Musk carried out quickly.

The first firm's Tesla e-mail from CNBC last week showed that the automaker, in which Musk is also CEO, assisted in sending the two-day fast to Starlink terminals to Ukraine, providing Tesla battery storage systems to strengthen them.

Internet cuts have been a growing problem in Ukraine since Russia began its invasion three weeks ago. The British Defence Ministry warned last week that Russia “maybe” is targeting Ukraine's communication infrastructure, but internet access could also be closed due to collateral damage to infrastructure from Russian attacks.

The ministry reported disruptions in Marioupol, Sumy, Kharkiv and Kiev's capital. The besieged town of Marioupolis was without the internet for a week straight since 9 March, it reported. NBC News based on data from a US-based web tracking firm.

Forbes reported last week that one of Ukraine's leading internet providers had been hacked several times, though it is unclear whether Russia stands directly behind these attacks.

Musk challenged Russian President Vladimir Putin for “to fight only” via Twitter on Monday. In a reply posted on Twitter, Dmitry Rogozin, director general of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, called Musk a weak “ “ ” and a small “dil” in Russian.

Source Layer: Forbes