Overview
- Kyiv and SpaceX activated a verification whitelist that keeps registered Starlink terminals online in Ukraine and blocks unverified devices used by Russian forces, according to Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov.
- Ukrainian officials and advisers report degraded Russian command-and-control and fewer assaults in several sectors, though international outlets say the full scale of the disruption has not been independently verified.
- Some Ukrainian users temporarily lost connectivity pending verification, with authorities directing civilians to register at service centers and promising daily updates as the process expands to online portals for organizations.
- Elon Musk said SpaceX’s measures to stop unauthorized Russian use have worked, while neither the company nor Ukraine has disclosed technical details of the restrictions for security reasons.
- Russian military bloggers acknowledged widespread outages and a lack of domestic alternatives, and one prominent state TV host’s call to target satellites drew attention to escalation risks tied to commercial space systems.