Ukraine’s President Awards Musk Ukraine’s Order of Freedom
The honor cites Musk’s role in SpaceX and Tesla and Starlink’s hard-to-jam communications, which Ukraine says have supported battlefield coordination since 2022.
- On August 26, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree awarding Elon Musk the Order of Freedom, Ukraine's highest state honor for foreign nationals, recognizing his role in Ukraine-U.S. relations.
- The decree cites Musk's leadership of SpaceX and Tesla, whose Starlink network has functioned as a central pillar of Ukraine's wartime defense since Russia's full-scale invasion began in 2022.
- Starlink terminals have underpinned Ukraine's ability to coordinate troop movements and direct artillery fire, while SpaceX closed a technical loophole that previously allowed Russian troops to access the network.
- During the same period in August, Zelensky awarded the Order of Freedom to leaders of Norway, Finland, Lithuania, Sweden, and Estonia, alongside a newly created distinction called "Gratitude of the Ukrainian People."
- Continued access to the network has relied on financial support from partner governments, which have funded terminal purchases and service contracts for the Ukrainian military since early in the war.
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The Order of Freedom awarded to the controversial American businessman comes amid tensions between the president and his former defense minister, Mikhail Federov.
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President Volodymyr Zelensky awarded the American billionaire and CEO of SpaceX Elon Musk with the Order of Freedom of Ukraine, based on the presidential decree of August 26, at a time when Kiev is trying to get his consent for the use of Starlink on drones operating inside Russia, Kyiv independent reports.
Ukraine awards Musk high state honour as it seeks to use Starlink more
Aug 26 (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has bestowed one of Ukraine's top state honours on SpaceX owner Elon Musk as Kyiv seeks to expand use of the company's Starlink terminals, which provide battlefield communications for Ukrainian forces...
Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski granted Elon Musk the Order of Liberty on Wednesday. This is in the context of Kiev's efforts to convince the billionaire to extend access to its Starlink network.
So far, Elon Musk has refused Ukraine the use of Starlink Internet on Russian territory in her defence struggle. Now he is awarded the Order of Freedom by President Wolodymyr Selenskyj.
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