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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Pjotr Sauer

Russian military scrambles to find Starlink alternative after access blocked

Starlink app on a smartphone screen.
Starlink systems used by Russian troops were deactivated after talks because Ukraine’s defence minister and Elon Musk. Photograph: Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock

Russia’s military is scrambling to find alternatives to Starlink satellite internet after access to the network was curtailed, disrupting a key communications system that its forces had been using illicitly on the battlefield.

Ukraine said last week that Starlink terminals being used by Russian troops had been deactivated after talks between its defence minister and Elon Musk, whose company SpaceX operates the satellite network.

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