“Communication was lost not only by long-range UAVs, but also by Russian troops on the front line, because most of it was built on Starlink. According to some channels of the Russian Federation, even the assault operations have been stopped”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
Communication was lost not only by long-range UAVs, but also by Russian troops on the front line, because most of it was built on Starlink. According to some channels of the Russian Federation, even the assault operations have been stopped.
“Comrades from the front write that the terminals went out together. Calculations of BpLA, REP/REB, fire equipment and infantry positions are now without the Internet,” writes the “Private Gubarev” channel.
“As we initially feared, not only the terminals on the drones, but also the landline communication at the front line, “died”. Now this throws communication and combat control in the Russian Armed Forces back a couple of years to the already forgotten many ancient technologies of wired Internet, Wi-Fi and radio communication,” the channel “Voenny osvedomitel” notes.
“The management of the troops at the front is practically paralyzed,” the Dossier channel points out. Secret contour”.
Military bloggers of the Russian Federation write about the lack of an alternative to SpaceX communication and call on their technical specialists to urgently find a solution, and also promise to return the money for the “Starlinks”, which were collected among the citizens of the Russian Federation.
“In the absence of alternatives, the Russian Armed Forces use gray Starlinks to organize communications at the front. The danger is that it was an easy way compared to doing something of your own in space, pulling an optical fiber that is forever breaking, fixing “bridges”, or even working en masse with digital stations to organize the transmission of small data packets,” the “Two Major” channel wrote.
In the occupied Siversko-Donetsk, where Russia blocks communication due to its proximity to the front, residents complain en masse about the disconnection and do not understand the reasons: “Who knows how long Starlink was disconnected?”; Is “Starlink” alive in anyone?”; “No, in all leagues”; “What about the Starlink, will it work or is it now a vegetable cutting board?” – they write in the city chats of Siverskodonetsk.
Even on Monday, the Russian so-called military officers reassured that the creation of a “white list” of terminals in Ukraine is unlikely to succeed, since the Armed Forces of Ukraine use many “gray” Starlinks at the front.
The Ukrainian military did indeed report failures in them as well, but now Ukraine is conducting the procedure for registering terminals – this is done in the Centers for providing administrative services and the “Diya” portal – the Ministry of Defense publishes instructions on how to do this.
Serhii “Flash” Beskrestnov, a communications expert and adviser to the Minister of Defense of Ukraine, wrote on his channel that the enemy on the front lines “doesn’t even have a problem, the enemy is a disaster.” “In many areas, assault operations have been stopped. Our troops found out that there were problems with those who did not promptly submit lists to private “Starlinks”, he writes.
Ukrainian unmanned aviation expert Pavlo Kashchuk previously reported that Russia has begun serially integrating Starlink satellite communication terminals into its Shahed, Gerbera, BM35, and Molniya strike drones. This was also confirmed by Fedorov at the “Drone Army – 2025” event.
Subsequently, Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov clarified that the Ministry of Defense cooperates with the American company SpaceX through the use of Starlink communication for the operation of Russian drones and “is already solving the problem.”
On February 1, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said that the measures taken by his company to stop Russia’s unauthorized use of Starlink appeared to be “working.”