Starlink terminals are reportedly being used by Russian forces in Ukraine

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Starlink terminals are reportedly being used by Russian forces in Ukraine

Starlink satellite internet terminals are being widely used by Russian forces in Ukraine,

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. The publication indicates that the terminals, which were developed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, are being used to coordinate attacks in eastern Ukraine and Crimea. Additionally, Starlink terminals can be used on the battlefield to control drones and other forms of military tech.

The terminals are reaching Russian forces via a complex network of ****** market sellers. This is despite the fact that Starlink devices are banned in the country. WSJ followed some of these sellers as they smuggled the terminals into Russia and even made sure deliveries got to the front lines. Reporting also indicates that some of the terminals were originally purchased on

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This ****** market for Starlink terminals allegedly stretches beyond occupied Ukraine and into Sudan. Many of these Sudanese dealers are reselling units to the Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary group that’s been like ethnically motivated killings, targeted ****** of human rights activists, ******* ********* and the burning of entire communities. WSJ notes that hundreds of terminals have found their way to members of the Rapid Support Forces.

Back in February, Elon Musk addressed earlier reports that Starlink terminals were being used by Russian soldiers in the war against Ukraine. “To the best of our knowledge, no Starlinks have been sold directly or indirectly to Russia,”

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. Despite these proclamations, WSJ says that “thousands of the white pizza-box-sized devices” have landed with “some ********* adversaries and accused war **********.”

After those February reports, House Democrats have demanded that Musk take action,

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, noting that Russian military use of the tech is “potentially in violation of US sanctions and export controls.” Starlink actually has the ability to disable individual terminals and each item includes geofencing technology that is supposed to prevent use in unauthorized countries, though it’s unclear if ****** market sellers can get around these hurdles.

AHouse Democrats have demanded that Musk take action, ar. He took steps to

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“civilians, children are being *******” as a result of Musk’s decision. He further dinged the billionaire by writing “this is the price of a ********* of ignorance and a big ego.”

However, Musk fired back and said that Starlink , so there was nothing to disable. He also said that the policy in question was decided upon before Ukraine’s planned ******* on the naval fleet. Ukraine did lose access to more than 1,300 Starlink terminals in the early days of the conflict . SpaceX reportedly charged Ukraine $2,500 per month to keep each unit operational, which ballooned to $3.25 million per month. This pricing aligns with the company’s high cost premium plan. It’s worth noting that SpaceX has donated more than 3,600 terminals to Ukraine.

SpaceX has yet to comment on the WSJ report regarding the blackmarket proliferation of Starlink terminals. We’ll update this post when it does.

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