After SpaceX blocked the Starlink satellite communication terminals used by the army of the russian aggressor country, the occupiers at the front began to urgently receive russian analogues.
Advisor to the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Serhii "Flash" Beskrestnov said this on Monday, February 9.
According to him, information started coming from the frontline that russian troops were being urgently sent satellite communication terminals operating on the basis of the Yamal and Progres satellites.
These satellite terminals look like oval or round satellite TV dishes. Their diameter ranges from 60 to 120 centimeters.
Beskrestnov noted that due to the location of the satellites' orbits, these terminals will always be pointing southeast or south. In addition, the russians will not be able to cover them with protective covers, as is the case with Starlink terminals. The reason is that russian terminals operate on frequencies where a protective cover would interfere.
The defense minister's adviser also suggested that the russians could deploy the terminals away from the front line, connecting them to the front line via WiFi bridges.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on February 4, SpaceX blocked the operation of Starlink terminals in Ukraine. The equipment that was not included in the so-called "white list" stopped working.
This was done against the backdrop of the russians' active use of Starlink terminals in their attack drones. Starlink equipment allowed them to control the drones, adjust the flight route and select a target for attack in real time.
The very next day, February 5, it became known that the russian army at the front had problems in commanding troops due to the blocking of Starlink. The occupiers have been actively using this equipment at the front for several years.
Also on February 5, Radio Svoboda wrote, citing its own sources in the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, that due to the blocking of Starlink, the russians stopped assaults in some areas of the front.
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