Activation of Starshield (military version of Starlink) for the armed forces of Ukraine is again limited - Zelenskiy.
President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky said that for several days now the Ukrainian army "has been experiencing significant disruptions in the work of Starshield on the territory of Ukraine: along the entire front line and in the temporarily occupied territory".
"Specifically, the speed limits of the Starshield system are in effect at 161 km/h (100 mph). The Ukrainian army has already checked the circumstances of this, and it is not about random errors, but a systemic speed limit. For us, this is first of all a significant complication of intercepting Russian jet UAVs," said Zelensky.
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In mid-October, the armed forces of Ukraine faced restrictions on the operation of Starlink satellite communication terminals (more precisely, their military version Starshield). When the speed of the UAVs exceeded 160 kilometers per hour, the connection stopped working.
Western media reported that Starlink communications for the Ukrainian military were restricted at the initiative of Elon Musk. Later he himself accused Ukraine of using Starlink for "offensive" drone strikes. Ukraine's armed forces responded that this was "technically impossible" because Starlink does not operate over Russian territory.