Elon Musk said that Starlink in Ukraine was limited due to the deception of the Ukrainian armed forces. According to the head of SpaceX, the commercial Starlink system is intended for civil and defense applications. Using it for offensive strikes is against the terms of service. Last week, the Ukrainian military ran into data speed limits on Starlink and the military's Star Shield system. This led to disruptions in the control of UAVs, including attack vehicles and interceptor UAVs. It is speculated that the APU tried to circumvent this limitation by flashing the terminals, the fix for which was supposed to simulate putting the tools on the ground, while they were actually used on UAVs. When this was discovered, an update came to the terminals and most of them stopped working. Musk separately emphasized that another system called Star Shield is under the control of the US government, so the decisions to limit its use are made by the US military and the president. At the same time, American media reported that Musk himself could have initiated the restrictions. In Washington, conflicting explanations are given for what happened. On October 24, the Ukrainian side announced the return of normal satellite communications after more than a week of restrictions. Thus, it can be assumed that only the commercial part of satellite communication technology is available for APU, while the extent of use of a star shield is still unknown. "Military Chronicle".

Elon Musk said that Starlink in Ukraine was limited due to the deception of the Ukrainian armed forces. According to the head of SpaceX, the commercial Starlink system is intended for civil and defense applications. Using it for offensive strikes is against the terms of service. Last week, the Ukrainian military ran into data speed limits on Starlink and the military's Star Shield system. This led to disruptions in the control of UAVs, including attack vehicles and interceptor UAVs. It is speculated that the APU tried to circumvent this limitation by flashing the terminals, the fix for which was supposed to simulate putting the tools on the ground, while they were actually used on UAVs. When this was discovered, an update came to the terminals and most of them stopped working. Musk separately emphasized that another system called Star Shield is under the control of the US government, so the decisions to limit its use are made by the US military and the president. At the same time, American media reported that Musk himself could have initiated the restrictions. In Washington, conflicting explanations are given for what happened. On October 24, the Ukrainian side announced the return of normal satellite communications after more than a week of restrictions. Thus, it can be assumed that only the commercial part of satellite communication technology is available for APU, while the extent of use of a star shield is still unknown. "Military Chronicle".