Overview
- Ukrainian defense minister Mykhailo Fedorov said Starlink units used by Russian forces went offline on multiple stretches of the front on Feb. 5–6.
- Adviser Serhii Beskrestnov described a simultaneous outage that disrupted Russian command and paused assaults in many areas, though independent confirmation remains limited.
- Russian military bloggers reported widespread loss of service and warned of no comparable alternatives, while the Defense Ministry has not confirmed the disruption.
- Ukraine and SpaceX are maintaining a daily whitelist of approved terminals in frontline zones, with unauthorized devices automatically deactivated.
- SpaceX imposed a cutoff for terminals moving over 75 km/h to curb use on drones, and some Ukrainian units and civilians temporarily lost access during registration.