SpaceX puts new limits on Starlink internet to keep Russia from using it to target drone strikes

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Scripps News

Posted 8:21 PM, Feb 02, 2026


A Russian drone strike has killed at least 12 people, according to Ukrainian emergency officials. Authorities say the drone hit a bus carrying mine workers, injuring at least 7 others. And in a separate strike, Russian drones hit a maternity hospital in Zaporizhzhia, injuring several people.

As Ukraine assesses the damage, the country's new defense minister is praising Elon Musk for stripping Russia of one of its tools for attacking Ukraine: Starlink internet service. Ukrainian officials say Russia has been increasing drone accuracy and range, including against critical energy targets, by using Starlink satellite internet terminals.

Ukraine has publicly shared images that it says show a Starlink antenna attached to a Russian drone. It warns the connectivity makes Russian drone strikes more precise and harder to disrupt.

Ukraine's new defense minister Mykhailo Fedorov, the former government technology chief, called on SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to shut down the tool, and Starlink responded with a fix to ground the killer drones.

Read more: https://www.scrippsnews.com/world/europe/spacex-puts-new-limits-on-starlink-internet-to-keep-russia-from-using-it-to-target-drone-strikes

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People might remember early on in that war, when Muskrat sudden cut off Ukraine's Starlink when they were about to do a very strategic hit against Russia and put major restrictions, similar to the OP article, on Ukraine -

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143031113
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143126972

[Johonny]

1. Epstein Island has full Starlink coverage, though

Some people say

[Lovie777]

2. And should I believe that?..............

[littlemissmartypants]

4. Yeah, me neither.

[JohnnyRingo]

3. Like a cosmic shooting gallery.

The ducks parade past and they plink them one at a time.
Sounds like an opportunity for high tech target practice.

On edit:
I misread that. I see now they use them to ID ground targets and home in on them.

[littlemissmartypants]

5. Too much power in the hands of one who can change with a whim.