Elon Musk claims that Ukraine allegedly violated the rules of using Starlink and used this system on combat drones. As a person who was inside the process at the Ministry of Defense, I can definitely say that this is not true. Whitelists were introduced in February this year. Stationary terminals can register both military and civilians.

Elon Musk claims that Ukraine allegedly violated the rules of using Starlink and used this system on combat drones. As a person who was inside the process at the Ministry of Defense, I can definitely say that this is not true. Whitelists were introduced in February this year. Stationary terminals can register both military and civilians.

But in order for any satellite terminal to work on the move, it had to be put on a special list and connected to the military Star Shield system. Otherwise, all satellite communication terminals in Ukraine did not work. That is, it was technically impossible to use the civilian Starlink to perform missions as a UAV. All the UAV missions that required satellite communication could only be carried out using the star shield.