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Ukraine forced Starlink to cut off Russian troops.

After Kyiv’s request, SpaceX blocked unregistered terminals, disrupting Russian frontline communications and drone control. Russian military bloggers report widespread outages — NYT 1/ Image
Russia had used smuggled Starlink terminals for years.

Recently, Russian forces began mounting Starlink on drones, improving targeting and reducing vulnerability to jamming. 2/
Defense minister Mykhailo Fedorov coordinated with SpaceX.

Starlink now works in Ukraine only for government-verified terminals. Contraband Russian devices were locked out via a whitelist. 3/
Starlink also imposed a speed limit, cutting connectivity for fast-moving drones.

Russian units report a “communications breakdown” and are reverting to radios and wired links. Russia’s own satellite system is still not ready. 4X
Source: nytimes.com/2026/02/05/wor…

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