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Artem Moskalenko is a reporting intern at The Counteroffensive.

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Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., in Washington, D.C., U.S. on March 24, 2025.

The Counteroffensive: Can Ukraine's military survive without Elon Musk's Starlink systems?

by Artem Moskalenko
After a busy day at work as a software engineer, Oleg Kutkov returns to his apartment in Kyiv. He steps out onto the balcony — but not to smoke or water the flowers. Oleg’s balcony is a workshop. There, he repairs Starlink terminals damaged at the front and sends them back to soldiers. "At first, I used to work with Starlink as a hobby. But when I fix them now, I realize it's not just a hobby — it’s the main means of communication at the front," Oleg told the Counteroffensive. Hundreds of thou