Poland will not be able to pay for Starlink for Ukraine due to Nawrocki's veto

Polish Digitalization Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski has said that his country will not be able to pay for Starlink satellite internet services for Ukraine due to President Karol Nawrocki's veto of the law on providing assistance to Ukrainians.

Gawkowski reported this on X (Twitter) today, August 25.

"Karol Nawrocki is cutting off the Internet to Ukraine with his decision, because in fact this means his decision on the law on providing assistance to citizens of Ukraine," Gawkowski wrote.

According to him, the president's veto means the end of the Starlink system that Poland provides to warring Ukraine. It also means the end of support for storing the Ukrainian administration's data in a safe place.

"I can't imagine a better gift for Putin's troops than disconnecting Ukraine from the internet, which the president has just decided on," the minister added.

Gawkowski called on Nawrocki to "stop blindly striking at the government in the name of political struggle." He emphasized that by deciding to limit the provision of assistance, the president simultaneously harmed Ukraine and helped the aggressor country, russia.

As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, today, August 25, Polish media reported that President Nawrocki signed amendments to the law on assistance to citizens of Ukraine. Now, only those Ukrainians who are officially employed in Poland can receive assistance under the "800+" program.

Recall that on July 24 of this year, a large-scale failure occurred in the Starlink system. Because of this, the Ukrainian military was left without communication for several hours.

We also wrote that in April 2025, Poland transferred another 5,000 Starlink terminals to Ukraine. In total, the country provided almost 30,000 such terminals.