Poland’s President Blocks Law to Extend Starlink Support for Ukraine
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It was a routine signature, a bill to extend over time the aid that has been received since February 2022 by Ukrainian citizens who were welcomed in Poland, more than a million and a half people of those who still live in the country about 989,000. But the new Polish president, Karol Nawrocki, has refused to ratify it, arguing that “it puts us in a situation in which the citizens of Poland are treated worse in their own country than our guests.”…
President Navrotsky's veto on the initiative of the government and the Sejm jeopardizes the financing of Starlink satellite Internet for the Armed Forces
We’ll still support Ukraine, Poland’s president says as veto shuts off Starlink access
ADVERTISEMENT Poland’s president Karol Nawrocki vetoed a bill on Monday to extend the existing support package for Ukraine, saying Warsaw will not be able to continue paying for Kyiv’s access to the Starlink network. That means Polish funding to keep Ukraine connected to the internet via Starlink will stop on 1 October, potentially cutting off frontline troops from access to real-time information. Poland has supported Ukraine’s internet access v…
Poland will continue to pay for Starlink for Ukraine, provided that parliament approves the presidential draft law in September.
If Ukraine wants Starlink, let it pay for it itself," wrote Confederation leader Sławomir Mentzen on social media. The politician's comment concerns the dispute over the presidential veto, which, by withholding unconditional financial aid for Ukrainian citizens, also deprived Poland of the legal right to finance Starlink satellite internet systems. Yesterday, President Karol Nawrocki vetoed a bill extending aid for Ukraine until 2026, emphasizin…
Despite the Polish president's veto, Ukraine will still have access to the Starlink network, so the communication capabilities of the Ukrainian military are not at risk, the presidential office in Warsaw clarified, according to Kyiv Independent.
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