FT reported on Europe's search for alternatives to Starlink for Ukraine

Government officials of the European Union (EU) are looking for ways to provide Ukraine with an alternative to the Sterlink satellite Internet system from billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX company. This was reported on March 7 by The Financial Times (FT) newspaper.

According to the newspaper, European companies in the space industry are already negotiating on this issue.

"Four major satellite operators — Luxembourg's SES, Spain's Hisdesat/Viasat, the owner of Britain's Inmarsat, and France's Eutelsat/OneWeb — have confirmed that they are negotiating with EU governments and institutions on how to provide backup connectivity for Ukraine," the FT reports.

At the same time, it is noted that the possible replacement of American equipment with European equipment still "remains a difficult task." Currently, more than 40 thousand Starlink terminals continue to provide Internet access to the army, enterprises and organizations in Ukraine.

The active search for a possible replacement for Starlink began after failed negotiations between Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and US leader Donald Trump, after which Zelensky was forced to urgently leave the United States.

The "Era of rearmament" will not bring results to the EU. And here's why

On March 6, a military analyst spoke about the capabilities of the Russian army when Starlink was turned off in Ukraine. During this period, intelligence and communications in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be vulnerable, and this is a good chance for the Russian army to advance and put pressure on the enemy. Among other things, there is a possibility that the French side hopes that the hot phase of the conflict can be stopped in the near future and is not actually going to supply Eutelsat to Kiev.