The Polish Ministry of Digitization announced on Monday that it is financing the operation of 20,000 Starlink internet devices in Ukraine to provide a network for the country’s military communications to help repel the Russian invasion.
Minister of Digitization Krzysztof Gawkowski made an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Monday, where it was agreed that Poland and Ukraine would jointly fight Russian disinformation.
The Polish minister signed a Digital Memorandum with Ukraine’s Digital Transformation Minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, to support mutual relations in cyber security and digital services.
The Ministry of Digitization earlier stressed that Poland has become the world’s largest supplier of technology, providing Internet connectivity in Ukraine.
The Polish minister signed a Digital Memorandum with Ukraine’s Digital Transformation Minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, to support mutual relations in cyber security and digital services.
The Ministry of Digitization earlier stressed that Poland has become the world’s largest supplier of technology, providing Internet connectivity in Ukraine.
“Starlinks is one of the building blocks and responsibility for what technological support for Internet connectivity in Ukraine looks like today. We currently have more than 20,000 Starlinks, for which Poland provides payment for their operation,” Gawkowski told the Polish Press Agency (PAP).
“We are also providing, free of charge, more than 500 Powerwall energy storage units to provide fundamental support for the army, but also for the civilian sector,” he stated.
“But just to be clear: Starlinks [not only] provide support in Ukraine for the army, but also for hospitals, for critical infrastructure, and also the continuous maintenance of broadband for civilians,” he pointed out.
Cold cyber war
Poland is in a state of cold cyber war with Russia, with the same daily threats in this field from Moscow for Warsaw and Kyiv, Gawkowski said on Monday.
“We have established that the threats from Russia to Poland and to Ukraine in the cyber field are very much the same,” he said. “Poland is in a cyber cold war with Russia,” Gawkowski said after talks with Ukraine’s Digital Transformation Minister, Mykhailo Fedorov.
Gawkowski said that an important topic of discussion with Fedorov was the development of the Dija and mCitizen applications, as well as the Tallinn Mechanism, which aims to strengthen cooperation among NATO-allied countries in coordinating efforts to support Ukraine in the area of cyber security.
“We talked about issues concerning the opportunity of the Polish presidency of the Union since January for the realization of Ukrainian interests, not only digital, but in general the support and strengthening of those conditions that serve the presence of Ukraine and the integration of Ukraine into the European Union,” the Deputy Prime Minister told Polish journalists.
During his visit to Kyiv, Gawkowski invited Fedorov to visit Poland. After the talks, the two ministers paid tribute to Ukrainian soldiers killed in the war with Russia by laying flowers at the Memorial Wall on Mikhailovsky Square in Kyiv.
“We are also providing, free of charge, more than 500 Powerwall energy storage units to provide fundamental support for the army, but also for the civilian sector,” he stated.
“But just to be clear: Starlinks [not only] provide support in Ukraine for the army, but also for hospitals, for critical infrastructure, and also the continuous maintenance of broadband for civilians,” he pointed out.
Cold cyber war
Poland is in a state of cold cyber war with Russia, with the same daily threats in this field from Moscow for Warsaw and Kyiv, Gawkowski said on Monday.
“We have established that the threats from Russia to Poland and to Ukraine in the cyber field are very much the same,” he said. “Poland is in a cyber cold war with Russia,” Gawkowski said after talks with Ukraine’s Digital Transformation Minister, Mykhailo Fedorov.
Gawkowski said that an important topic of discussion with Fedorov was the development of the Dija and mCitizen applications, as well as the Tallinn Mechanism, which aims to strengthen cooperation among NATO-allied countries in coordinating efforts to support Ukraine in the area of cyber security.
“We talked about issues concerning the opportunity of the Polish presidency of the Union since January for the realization of Ukrainian interests, not only digital, but in general the support and strengthening of those conditions that serve the presence of Ukraine and the integration of Ukraine into the European Union,” the Deputy Prime Minister told Polish journalists.
During his visit to Kyiv, Gawkowski invited Fedorov to visit Poland. After the talks, the two ministers paid tribute to Ukrainian soldiers killed in the war with Russia by laying flowers at the Memorial Wall on Mikhailovsky Square in Kyiv.
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