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Ukraine has used Starlink for, among other things, controlling drones, internal communication and communication between different forces.
Ukrainian representatives of the administration and persons belonging to the country’s armed forces have told the billionaire about the disturbances Elon Musk’s In the Starlink satellite system delivered by SpaceX. The economic newspaper tells about it Financial Times (FT).
Starlink uses satellites, which can be used to bring a network connection to areas where it cannot be established with more traditional connections.
Thousands of Starlink devices have been sent to Ukraine with the help of, among other things, funds secured by the US administration and crowdfunding. Starlink’s technology, which is notoriously expensive, has helped Ukrainian forces stay online even as Russia has tried to damage Ukraine’s network traffic links.
Ukraine has used Starlink for, among other things, controlling drones, internal communication and communication between different forces. The problems caused by the disruptions suggest that Ukraine has been even too dependent on technology.
High-ranking An official of the Ukrainian administration told the FT that disruptions in Starlink connections have hampered Ukraine’s attempts to liberate Russian-occupied territories. According to the official, the disturbances have caused “catastrophic” communication interruptions in recent weeks.
The official said that the outages have occurred in situations where Ukrainian forces have breached the Russian front line. Some disturbances have also occurred in such battles, the place and time of which have been known in advance.
According to the official, the problem has been acute in the southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhia, but there have also been outages in eastern Ukraine in the regions of Kharkiv, Donetsk and Luhansk. There has been fierce fighting in all areas as Ukraine’s counteroffensive, which began in September, has progressed.
Second A representative of the Ukrainian administration said that disconnections are common. According to the representative, the Ukrainian soldiers have called the numbers on duty in a panic because of the disturbances.
The connection problems were also confirmed to FT by three Ukrainian soldiers. The country’s defense minister Would be Reznikov or the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Valery Zaluzhnyi did not want to comment on the matter.
A representative of the foundation that donated the Starlink devices Roman Sinicyn according to the connection problems may be caused by Starlink trying to prevent Russia from exploiting the equipment, as there have been disturbances especially in areas that Ukraine has recently liberated.
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