{"id":85778,"date":"2026-08-26T08:15:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T12:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=85778"},"modified":"2026-08-26T08:15:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T12:15:49","slug":"zelensky-awards-musk-for-critical-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/zelensky-awards-musk-for-critical-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky Awards Musk For Critical Help"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>From AP:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/a268b01\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/5908x3955+0+0\/resize\/318x213!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fe9%2Fe3%2F0fc2bb58608f4934c6dc52ad472c%2F7cfd84bb4bc0422081ea56519d08be26\" alt=\"Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy talks with Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham at Horodetskyi House during their bilateral meeting in Kyiv, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (Henry Nicholls\/Pool Photo via AP)\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/russia-ukraine\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">Ukrainian<\/a><\/span>\u00a0President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday awarded\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/elon-musk\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">Elon Musk<\/a><\/span>\u00a0the Order of Freedom, one of Ukraine\u2019s highest state honors, for his \u201coutstanding personal merits\u201d in protecting human life and freedom and strengthening ties between Ukraine and the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Musk, the founder of SpaceX, has become one of the most influential, and contentious, private sector figures in Ukraine\u2019s war effort. His decision to provide Ukraine with access to Starlink, SpaceX\u2019s satellite internet network, was critical. It remains a communications lifeline for Ukrainian forces and civilians after Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion in 2022.\u00a0Starlink has become deeply embedded in Ukraine\u2019s military operations, with commanders and soldiers relying on satellite connectivity to communicate and coordinate operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From AP: Ukrainian\u00a0President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday awarded\u00a0Elon Musk\u00a0the Order of Freedom, one of Ukraine\u2019s highest state honors, for his.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-85778","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85778"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85779,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85778\/revisions\/85779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}