According to reports, forces were dealing with As they attempt to retake Russian-occupied territories, there have been outages. A government official from Ukraine said that some of the outages occurred during the break through of the frontline to territory held by Russia and battles. .
We are still not sure what caused the outages. Engadget contacted SpaceX owner Starlink for comment.
Starlink outages have been reported in four regions Russia annexed after a referendum, whose legitimacy has been disputed. As the Financial TimesNotably, there is a substantial Ukrainian counteroffensive to these areas.
Some terminals may not have been operating in the Khariv area, where Ukraine is located. During a push into Luhansk (one of the areas that Russia has claimed). According to the report, military officials claimed that Starlink terminals had been operating in newly liberated areas east and south of Izyum, but this was not true.
Ukrainian troops have used the terminals to communicate, control drones, and receive intelligence when stationed in areas that do not have secure networks. SpaceX was founded shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine. Send it Ukraine, both for military and civilian purposes.
Elon Musk, SpaceX CEO, warned Ukrainians Starlink. Researchers suggested that Russia might be able use signals from terminals to target purposes. Musk was seen this week In Ukraine and among its allies, he suggested that referendums be held to decide the Russia-Ukraine boundary. He also claimed SpaceX is his. Starlink is a way to help Ukraine.
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