Eutelsat Seeks to Oust Starlink in Ukraine as US Pulls Back (1)

French satellite operator Eutelsat Communications SA said talks with the European Union to replace Elon Musk’s Starlink in Ukraine are intensifying as the US pulls back from its commitments there.

“Everyone is asking us today, ‘Can you replace the large number of terminals of Starlink in Ukraine,’ and we are looking at that,” Eutelsat Chief Executive Officer Eva Berneke said in an interview with Bloomberg TV on Thursday.

The company is already working in Ukraine and has thousands of terminals there currently, but not all are on the network, Berneke said. It is in ...