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The Russians are themselves heavy users of starlink.

by ReptileMan 10mo ago

null_deref 10mo ago
Can you provide a source for this claim?
- esseph 10mo ago
  Start here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlink_in_the_Russian-Ukrainian_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlink_in_the_Russian-Ukrain... Scroll down to Russian use. Starlink receivers have been found in use in drones by both sides in the war. There's a lot of Open Source intel on this.
  - m4rtink 10mo ago
    I guess it is to a degree unavoidable - ukrainian units are using a lot of crowdfunded starlink terminals on the front, so even if you geo fenced usage only to the virtual cells outside of Russia controlled territory, you would also disable ukrainian sets at the front. So if Russians smuggle sets from other countries, they might not be really easy to tell from the "good" sets crowdsourced by the ukrainians and used at the front. As for use in long range strike UAVs I'm sure ukrainian units have specially registered units that will work anywhere but again, Russian long range kamikaze drones you have a smuggled unit that only activates once on ukrainian territory and be used for terminal guidance or reconnaissance. By the time the system spots a new terminal moving quickly in the wrong place the thing would have rammed into a civilian building somewhere.
    - rasz 10mo ago
      It doesnt matter where starlink terminals came from, all end up registered with Ukrainian MOD. Btw Poland pays subscription on ~50K of those.
- iammjm 10mo ago
  Here, have a video of the russian cavalry with a Starlink attached to a horse. Yes, you have read that right. 2026 btw. https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineWarVideoReport/comments/1q7ii52/russian_soldiers_have_now_equipped_their_horses/ https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineWarVideoReport/comments/1q7i... Also: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/08/russia-satellite-dishes-horses-battlefield-internet/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/08/russia-sat...
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- TiredOfLife 10mo ago
  Just the latest one https://x.com/bayraktar_1love/status/2009240533944947050 https://x.com/bayraktar_1love/status/2009240533944947050
  - lostlogin 10mo ago
    Twitter is a good source for this sort of evidence. It’s Musk, all the way down.
- nfriedly 10mo ago
  Not the person you asked, but here's a couple of sources that back that claim: https://www.newsweek.com/russia-starlink-ukraine-gur-elon-musk-1868839 https://www.newsweek.com/russia-starlink-ukraine-gur-elon-mu... https://kyivindependent.com/nearly-half-of-usaid-starlink-terminals-sent-to-ukraine-found-in-russian-occupied-areas-inspector-general-says/ https://kyivindependent.com/nearly-half-of-usaid-starlink-te... Also, as I understand it, a big part of the reason USAID was fed "into the woodchipper" was because they were investigating SpaceX over Russian use of Starlink - see https://gizmodo.com/elon-musks-enemy-usaid-was-investigating-starlink-over-its-contracts-in-ukraine-2000559365 https://gizmodo.com/elon-musks-enemy-usaid-was-investigating...
  - runlaszlorun 10mo ago
    Thx for posting the USAID article. The brazenness of it all is astonishing. Thank God for the incompetence. It's like we're doing "Clown Show Mussolini".
  - JasonADrury 10mo ago
    >Also, as I understand it, a big part of the reason USAID was fed "into the woodchipper" was because they were investigating SpaceX over Russian use of Starlink - see https://gizmodo.com/elon-musks-enemy-usaid-was-investigating https://gizmodo.com/elon-musks-enemy-usaid-was-investigating... The article you linked contains literally nothing supporting your accusation. Instead, it talks about an investigation targeting the aid recipient: >The USAID Office of Inspector General, Inspections and Evaluations Division, is initiating an inspection of USAID’s oversight of Starlink satellite terminals provided to the Government of Ukraine. Our objectives are to determine how (1) the Government of Ukraine used the USAID-provided Starlink terminals, and (2) USAID monitored the Government of Ukraine’s use of USAID-provided Starlink terminals
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darubedarob 10mo ago
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The Russians are themselves heavy users of starlink.

null_deref 10mo ago

Can you provide a source for this claim?

esseph 10mo ago
Start here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlink_in_the_Russian-Ukrainian_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlink_in_the_Russian-Ukrain... Scroll down to Russian use. Starlink receivers have been found in use in drones by both sides in the war. There's a lot of Open Source intel on this.
- m4rtink 10mo ago
  I guess it is to a degree unavoidable - ukrainian units are using a lot of crowdfunded starlink terminals on the front, so even if you geo fenced usage only to the virtual cells outside of Russia controlled territory, you would also disable ukrainian sets at the front. So if Russians smuggle sets from other countries, they might not be really easy to tell from the "good" sets crowdsourced by the ukrainians and used at the front. As for use in long range strike UAVs I'm sure ukrainian units have specially registered units that will work anywhere but again, Russian long range kamikaze drones you have a smuggled unit that only activates once on ukrainian territory and be used for terminal guidance or reconnaissance. By the time the system spots a new terminal moving quickly in the wrong place the thing would have rammed into a civilian building somewhere.
  - rasz 10mo ago
    It doesnt matter where starlink terminals came from, all end up registered with Ukrainian MOD. Btw Poland pays subscription on ~50K of those.
iammjm 10mo ago
Here, have a video of the russian cavalry with a Starlink attached to a horse. Yes, you have read that right. 2026 btw. https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineWarVideoReport/comments/1q7ii52/russian_soldiers_have_now_equipped_their_horses/ https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineWarVideoReport/comments/1q7i... Also: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/08/russia-satellite-dishes-horses-battlefield-internet/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/08/russia-sat...
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TiredOfLife 10mo ago
Just the latest one https://x.com/bayraktar_1love/status/2009240533944947050 https://x.com/bayraktar_1love/status/2009240533944947050
- lostlogin 10mo ago
  Twitter is a good source for this sort of evidence. It’s Musk, all the way down.
nfriedly 10mo ago
Not the person you asked, but here's a couple of sources that back that claim: https://www.newsweek.com/russia-starlink-ukraine-gur-elon-musk-1868839 https://www.newsweek.com/russia-starlink-ukraine-gur-elon-mu... https://kyivindependent.com/nearly-half-of-usaid-starlink-terminals-sent-to-ukraine-found-in-russian-occupied-areas-inspector-general-says/ https://kyivindependent.com/nearly-half-of-usaid-starlink-te... Also, as I understand it, a big part of the reason USAID was fed "into the woodchipper" was because they were investigating SpaceX over Russian use of Starlink - see https://gizmodo.com/elon-musks-enemy-usaid-was-investigating-starlink-over-its-contracts-in-ukraine-2000559365 https://gizmodo.com/elon-musks-enemy-usaid-was-investigating...
- runlaszlorun 10mo ago
  Thx for posting the USAID article. The brazenness of it all is astonishing. Thank God for the incompetence. It's like we're doing "Clown Show Mussolini".
- JasonADrury 10mo ago
  >Also, as I understand it, a big part of the reason USAID was fed "into the woodchipper" was because they were investigating SpaceX over Russian use of Starlink - see https://gizmodo.com/elon-musks-enemy-usaid-was-investigating https://gizmodo.com/elon-musks-enemy-usaid-was-investigating... The article you linked contains literally nothing supporting your accusation. Instead, it talks about an investigation targeting the aid recipient: >The USAID Office of Inspector General, Inspections and Evaluations Division, is initiating an inspection of USAID’s oversight of Starlink satellite terminals provided to the Government of Ukraine. Our objectives are to determine how (1) the Government of Ukraine used the USAID-provided Starlink terminals, and (2) USAID monitored the Government of Ukraine’s use of USAID-provided Starlink terminals
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darubedarob 10mo ago

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