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Poland’s Veto Won’t Cut Ukraine Off From Starlink Internet, Bogucki Confirms
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Polish President Karol Nawrocki’s veto of a bill extending support for Ukrainian refugees will not disrupt Ukraine’s access to the Starlink satellite internet network, Nawrocki’s chief of office, Zbigniew Bogucki, wrote in a post on X on August 25.
Bogucki dismissed claims by Deputy Prime Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski that the veto would end Polish support for Starlink and halt storage of Ukrainian government data.
“President Nawrocki’s veto does not disconnect Ukraine from Starlink, as the costs for connectivity are already funded under current law,” he said.
The president’s submitted legislation preserves existing arrangements, with lawmakers expected to approve it next month.
The controversial bill also proposes benefits only for Ukrainians employed in Poland, extends the period to obtain Polish citizenship, imposes stricter penalties for illegal border crossings, and equates “Bandera symbols” with Nazi and Communist symbols under Polish law, Kyiv Independent writes.
Ukraine relies heavily on Starlink to maintain communications in front-line areas. Since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, Ukraine has received over 50,000 terminals, with Poland providing nearly 30,000 — the largest contribution from any single country, according to Digital Transformation Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, Kyiv Independent states.
“You had almost a year and a half to present a fair law, both for Poland and for Ukrainians contributing to the socio-economic system,” Bogucki wrote in a post on X, adressing Deputy Prime Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski. “The president is now stepping in to address this.”
Nawrocki, a historian-turned-politician backed by the opposition Law and Justice party, narrowly won the June 1 Polish presidential election.
Previously, it was reported that a Polish state-linked aviation factory was implicated in deals with Russia’s defense sector for helicopter maintenance and upgrades, according to a joint investigation by InformNapalm and Militant Intelligence.
Documents obtained in a joint cyber operation show that Wojskowe Zakłady Lotnicze nr 1 (WZL-1) in Łódź transferred more than $1,3 million to ‘Helicopters of Russia’ through sanctioned Sberbank in January 2022. The payments were made less than a month before Russian troops launched their assault on Ukraine.
