The shelling of the Azovstal metallurgical plant in Mariupol. Archival photoDONETSK, May 8. Starlink satellites of the American billionaire Elon Musk distributed the Internet to the armed forces of Ukraine in Mariupol, follows from the testimony of the captured chief of staff of the 36th Marine Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Colonel Dmitry Kormyankov, the video of which was filmed in one of the settlements of the DPR. The highest command staff of the 36th Marine Brigade of the Ukrainian troops — the brigade commander, Hero of Ukraine Colonel Vladimir Baranyuk and the chief of staff Colonel Dmitry Kormyankov — was captured after trying to leave the Azovmash plant, which is located northwest «Azovstal», they have already testified about the circumstances of their capture and their conduct of hostilities in Mariupol. One of the periods that we existed there was when Russian units entered the city, and there it was impossible to cross the city. As far as I know, at that moment these helicopter flights began. Of course, we would like to have some kind of support. From one of … as far as I know, from one of the helicopters, we once had a problem with communication, we were given some kind of satellite kit … a satellite set, and Starlink was just handed over. That's when we … it was one of the programs when we got something out of all this, «Kormyankov said. At the end of February, Musk announced that the Starlink satellite communications service was now operating in Ukraine. Starlink with relatives — because Starlink «just distributes the Internet», and with the command — «via satellite». said the captured Ukrainian brigade commander
