Previously, there were isolated cases of Russians using Starlink systems.

Russian troops have begun to massively use Starlink in the occupied territories of Ukraine, the Ukrainian military reports.

“Russia has started buying Elon Musk’s Starlink through Dubai with fully licensed accounts,” wrote a user with the nickname @NHunter007 on Network X (formerly Twitter).

Subsequently, this information began to be confirmed by Ukrainian military personnel and journalists. It is reported that if earlier the use of Starlink by Russians at the front was isolated, now it has become “massive”. Russia purchases systems with licensed accounts through Dubai.

“They carried them individually for a long time, and then information came out that they began to import activated ones en masse. They work only in Ukraine (Donbass, Crimea), but they replace GPS positions,” added user @NHunter007.

Starlink at the Front: What You Need to Know

At the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion, SpaceX provided Ukraine with access to Starlink satellite communications. The first batch of StarLink satellite Internet stations from the American company SpaceX arrived in Ukraine on February 28.

Since the start of full-scale war, Russia has been using jamming systems to block Ukrainian forces from accessing commercial Starlink satellites. And although the Russians are becoming increasingly effective at destroying Ukraine’s most advanced weapons, their attempts to cut off Ukraine’s access to Starlink satellites have so far failed, experts explained.