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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Donna Ferguson

Ukraine’s military says Starlink satellite connection stable after recent restrictions

Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, at the Mariinsky Palace in Kyiv, Ukraine
Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, previously warned any restriction to Starshield system would ‘bring a lot of human losses’. Photograph: Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA

Ukraine’s military has a “stable connection to Starlink”, the Ukrainian government has said, 10 days after its ability to use the satellite communications system was suddenly restricted.

The Starlink satellite terminals, which are produced by Elon Musk’s SpaceX but managed by the US government, are a key component of Ukraine’s military operations. Sudden speed restrictions on the terminals, which capped operations at speeds of 160km/h (99mph), led to the failure of several Ukrainian combat missions earlier this month.

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