I missed some piece of news in the past years - how come Russia uses Starlink? WTF Musk? Wasn't he trying to take that away from Ukraine at some point?
Anyhow, this seems like a perfect entrypoint for people abroad who want to help Ukraine stay independent.
They were buying terminals from abroad and using them inside Ukrainian territory. It's now a white list and if your terminal isn't in it then it won't work.
Starlink doesn't work in Russia or in Russian-occupied territories in Ukraine. It does, however, work near the front lines - exactly where Ukrainians need it most. That's why Russia has been able to use those terminals there, as well as on drones flying behind Ukrainian lines.
What changed now is that it got disabled across all of Ukraine - but Ukrainians are whitelisted and can register their terminals to get them working again. Russians can't. They also disabled Starlink for anything moving faster than 70 km/h, since Shahed drones can't fly that slow.
Wasn’t he trying to take that away from Ukraine at some point?
You're probably refering to this incident: Did Elon Musk Turn Off Starlink Access in Crimea To Disrupt Ukrainian Attack?
No, he didn't turn it off - it was never enabled in the first place so that Russians can't use it.
It sounds like they should schedule these outages with the Ukraine generals. Regular internet outages that are predictable for just one side could be a huge strategic advantage.
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