By Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) -Starlink systems used by Ukrainian military units were down for two and a half hours overnight, a senior commander said, part of a global issue that disrupted the satellite internet provider.

A sudden silence fell over the digital world as Starlink users found themselves disconnected, sparking frustration and concern across the globe.

Starlink is experiencing an outage Thursday afternoon that's been ongoing for hours, taking down tens of thousands of people's satellite internet service. "Starlink is currently in a network outage and we are actively implementing a solution.