Elon Musk objected that his company SpaceX is selling Starlink to Russia directly or indirectly. However, the use of satellite communication terminals by Russians is expanding, not in Russia itself, but in the occupied Ukrainian territories.
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So far, the Starlink availability map shows the presence of coverage throughout almost all of Ukraine, except for the areas of Donetsk, Luhansk and Crimea occupied since 2014.
In his microblog X, the businessman called these reports “false,” saying that “the American aerospace private enterprise SpaceX does not sell these terminals to Russia.”
A number of false news reports claim that SpaceX is selling Starlink terminals to Russia. This is categorically untrue. As far as we know, not a single Starlink has been sold to Russia directly or indirectly,” he noted.
Ukrainian intelligence confirms the use of Starlink satellite communication systems by Russian occupiers at the front.
The GUR notes that the radio interception of the invaders’ conversation indicates that in order to establish access to the Internet, Starlink terminals were installed, for example, in units of the 83rd Airborne Assault Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces operating in the Donetsk region near Klishchievka and Andreevka.
Source: Racurs
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