Ukraine official confirms urgent request for Western satellite data

[Ohio Joe]

Update, 10 am EST, 3/1/2022: On Tuesday, Mykhailo Fedorov, the vice prime minister and minister of digital transformation of Ukraine, confirmed that his country is seeking the cooperation of commercial satellite operators. The goal is to obtain data, particularly from synthetic aperture radar, about the movement of Russian vehicles so that Ukrainian forces can respond.

"We badly need the opportunity to watch the movement of Russian troops, especially at night when our technologies are blind in fact! SAR satellite data is important to understanding Russian troop and vehicles movements at night considering that clouds cover about 80 percent of Ukraine during the day," Fedorov wrote in a letter that he posted on Twitter.

Link to tweet

Original post: Ukrainian entrepreneur Max Polyakov was emotional—and at times angry—during a 20-minute call with reporters on Monday evening as he spoke about the attack by the Russian military on his homeland.

"Within one hour, there will be an attack on Kyiv again," Polyakov said, pointing emphatically to his watch. "We need the data now."

https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/03/a-wartime-plea-to-western-satellite-companies-we-need-this-data-please/

We need to be getting them the information they need.

[Wingus Dingus]

1. This is one area where we should be really helping.

[Happy Hoosier]

2. I'm stunned that we are not.

Jeebus... give them all the intel they want.

[Wingus Dingus]

3. Maybe we are, and this is a feint?

[Happy Hoosier]

4. Possibly.

I havta to think we have several recon satellites looking at this. But recon satellites are usually in LEO and so have a limited time on target. We may be providing that data, but Ukraine is looking to fill gaps.