Overnight, Ukraine’s military reported that, without explanation, the Starlink satellite communications system, produced by Musk’s SpaceX but managed by the US government, was no longer working at speeds greater than 100mph.
That effectively rendered most of the drones used by Ukraine to strike behind the frontlines inoperable…
Yes, the quote you posted supports my comment. The frontlines are in Ukraine, not in Russia. The quote you posted refers to operations inside of Ukraine. If you thought that “behind the frontlines” means “in Russia”, the article clarifies below:
But, ironically, it would have no impact on Ukraine’s deep strike bombing of oil refineries because Kyiv is banned from using Starlink to hit targets inside of Russia.
Their ability to bomb* the oil depots is probably related to their starlink/starshield access. 🥺
Starlink bandwidth cap affected air defences of Kyiv
Did you read the article? It specifically says that’s not the case and so the Starlink disruption does not affect that.
Did you?
Yes, the quote you posted supports my comment. The frontlines are in Ukraine, not in Russia. The quote you posted refers to operations inside of Ukraine. If you thought that “behind the frontlines” means “in Russia”, the article clarifies below:
FWIW, leading with that quoted sentence instead of a “Did you read the article?” would have worked out much better to correct the assumption.
It would, my bad, I was on mobile then and already closed the article when I went back here to read comments.
“Did you read the article?” they asked without having read the article.