Sources: Ukrainian troops report widespread outages of Starlink devices, often in areas on the front line where their advances have not been made public yet
Saturday, October 08, 2022 // (IG): BB // INTSUM // Coffee for Bob Kris Holt / Engadget : Frontline Ukraine troops are reportedly enduring Starlink outages The Economist : Elon Musk's foray into geopolitics has Ukraine worried Pgb / ukraine@war : Day 227 — It was early in the afternoon yesterday, when, slowly at first, Mykhailo began to complain. Michael Kan / PCMag : Ukrainian Soldiers Reportedly Face Starlink Outages Tweets: Christopher Miller / @christopherjm : NEW: Ukraine troops reported outages of Starlink devices on frontline, hindering efforts to liberate territory from Russian forces, Ukrainian officials & soldiers told us. My first @FT byline, with star squad @MehulAtLarge, @felschwartz, Roman Olearchyk. https://www.ft.com/... Elon Musk / @elonmusk : @ChristopherJM ... Bad reporting by FT. This article falsely claims that Starlink terminals & service were paid for, when only a small percentage have been. This operation has cost SpaceX $80M & will exceed $100M by end of year. As for what's happening on the battlefield, that's classified. @adamkinzinger : Evidently the Starlink system is down over the front lines of Ukraine. @elonmusk should make a statement about this, or, this should be investigated. This is a national security issue Alexander S. Vindman / @avindman : .@elonmusk Starlink system reportedly down along the Ukraine frontline, undermining Ukraine war effort. In the context of the past week...deeply disturbing if intentional & meant to press the Government of Ukraine. I really hope Musk & Starlink make a statement explaining this. https://twitter.com/... Mike Rothschild / @rothschildmd : This is a story where you have to look past the tweet and read the actual piece. SpaceX shut off certain Starlink satellites to prevent Russian forces in newly liberated areas from accessing them. This isn't about Musk having a tantrum over a Twitter ratio. https://twitter.com/... @davidgerard : story says this is mostly in areas so recently liberated that they're likely blocked by Starlink's efforts not to provide service in Russian-controlled areas https://twitter.com/... @geedawg55975157 : Can confirm that I've never had an issue with Starlink (yet). BUT if Musk f**ks around with it- we will shift to Harris Technologies SatCom. I hope he doesn't break the Starlink because, frankly, it works nicely. https://twitter.com/... Shashank Joshi / @shashj : Starlink working fine on many parts of the front https://twitter.com/... Christopher Miller / @christopherjm : .@FT did put questions directly to @elonmusk about his Starlink systems in Ukraine. @SpaceX too. They haven't gotten back to us to explain the outrages. https://www.ft.com/... @pamkeithfl : Our tax dollars paid for that Starlink support. @POTUS please step in and manage this debacle. https://twitter.com/... Aaron Rupar / @atrupar : “The disruptions underline the outsized role of Musk's communications systems in the battlefield .. the US-based entrepreneur angered Kyiv last weekend, when he outlined a ceasefire plan that would result in ceding Ukrainian territory to Russia.” https://www.ft.com/... @kateryna_kruk : If done on purpose due to agreement or concessions to russian terrorist government, this is beyond scandalous, a deliberate siding with an invader. https://www.ft.com/... Adam Parkhomenko / @adamparkhomenko : Elon is now actively helping Putin. https://twitter.com/... Oliver Carroll / @olliecarroll : Didn't post this when it came out on Wed. @ChristopherJM in his new piece suggests the outages started earlier. Worrying. https://www.economist.com/... https://twitter.com/... @jayinkyiv : Only 24 hours after Putin's propaganda chief tells @elonmusk to turn off Starlink in Ukraine. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/... Andrew Roth / @andrew__roth : Timely piece following Elon Musk's worrying tweets about his Ukraine “peace plan” and one-on-one chat last year with Vladimir Putin https://twitter.com/... Yaroslav Trofimov / @yarotrof : We repeatedly used Starlink in several frontline locations, some just retaken, in Donetsk and Kharkiv regions in the past ten days and never had an issue. https://twitter.com/...
NEW: Ukraine troops reported outages of Starlink devices on frontline, hindering efforts to liberate territory from Russian forces, Ukrainian officials & soldiers told us. My first @FT byline, with star squad @MehulAtLarge, @felschwartz, Roman Olearchyk. https://www.ft.com/...
@ChristopherJM ... Bad reporting by FT. This article falsely claims that Starlink terminals & service were paid for, when only a small percentage have been. This operation has cost SpaceX $80M & will exceed $100M by end of year. As for what's happening on the battlefield, that's …
Evidently the Starlink system is down over the front lines of Ukraine. @elonmusk should make a statement about this, or, this should be investigated. This is a national security issue
.@elonmusk Starlink system reportedly down along the Ukraine frontline, undermining Ukraine war effort. In the context of the past week...deeply disturbing if intentional & meant to press the Government of Ukraine. I really hope Musk & Starlink make a statement explaining this. h…
This is a story where you have to look past the tweet and read the actual piece. SpaceX shut off certain Starlink satellites to prevent Russian forces in newly liberated areas from accessing them. This isn't about Musk having a tantrum over a Twitter ratio. https://twitter.com/..…
story says this is mostly in areas so recently liberated that they're likely blocked by Starlink's efforts not to provide service in Russian-controlled areas https://twitter.com/...
Can confirm that I've never had an issue with Starlink (yet). BUT if Musk f**ks around with it- we will shift to Harris Technologies SatCom. I hope he doesn't break the Starlink because, frankly, it works nicely. https://twitter.com/...
.@FT did put questions directly to @elonmusk about his Starlink systems in Ukraine. @SpaceX too. They haven't gotten back to us to explain the outrages. https://www.ft.com/...
“The disruptions underline the outsized role of Musk's communications systems in the battlefield .. the US-based entrepreneur angered Kyiv last weekend, when he outlined a ceasefire plan that would result in ceding Ukrainian territory to Russia.” https://www.ft.com/...
If done on purpose due to agreement or concessions to russian terrorist government, this is beyond scandalous, a deliberate siding with an invader. https://www.ft.com/...
Didn't post this when it came out on Wed. @ChristopherJM in his new piece suggests the outages started earlier. Worrying. https://www.economist.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Timely piece following Elon Musk's worrying tweets about his Ukraine “peace plan” and one-on-one chat last year with Vladimir Putin https://twitter.com/...
We repeatedly used Starlink in several frontline locations, some just retaken, in Donetsk and Kharkiv regions in the past ten days and never had an issue. https://twitter.com/...