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Related: About this forumRussian forces using Musk's Starlink in occupied areas, Ukraine says
Source: Reuters
Russian forces using Musk's Starlink in occupied areas, Ukraine says
Reuters
Updated Sun, February 11, 2024 at 2:55 PM EST·2 min read
KYIV (Reuters) -Russian forces in occupied Ukraine are using Starlink terminals produced by Elon Musk's SpaceX for satellite internet in what is beginning to look like their "systemic" application, Kyiv's main military intelligence agency said on Sunday.
The terminals were rushed in to help Ukraine after Russia's February 2022 invasion and have been vital to Kyiv's battlefield communications. Starlink says it does not do business of any kind with Russia's government or military.
"Cases of the Russian occupiers' use of the given devices have been registered. It is beginning to take on a systemic nature," the Ukrainian defence ministry's Main Directorate of Intelligence (GUR) quoted spokesman Andriy Yusov as saying.
In a statement, the agency said the terminals were being used by units like Russia's 83rd Air Assault Brigade, which is fighting near the embattled towns of Klishchiivka and Andriivka in the partially-occupied eastern region of Donetsk.
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gab13by13
(21,359 posts)Just wait until you see what Musk does on X for the election of Putin's puppet.
marble falls
(57,099 posts)FarPoint
(12,409 posts)We need to find Musk's weakness and target that....he is beyond vain....
2naSalit
(86,646 posts)That musk was helping pootin way back 14+ months ago...
2naSalit
(86,646 posts)Was funded with taxpayer funded subsidies, maybe we should just nationalize it and take control over the whole network, at least for a while.