Due to US sanctions after the Kremlin's full-scale invasion began in 2022, SpaceX doesn't sell Starlink terminals to Russia.

But Ukrainian troops have long raised concerns that Moscow's troops were acquiring terminals from the black market, with Kyiv saying it's found the US tech in downed reconnaissance drones.

Cutting off the Kremlin's forces from Starlink, however, has been more complicated than simple geofencing. Ukrainian troops also use Starlink, so disabling access in contested regions would have affected Kyiv's operations.

Rybar downplayed the impact on Russian operations, saying that the Starlink whitelist could also play to the Kremlin's advantage.

"If the system is hacked, such a list would give Russian troops the geolocation of numerous Ukrainian Armed Forces positions," he wrote in a separate post.

lezes do prdele elonovi tak hluboko!!!

realita u spacex a pentagonu kde si nad tim lamou dva roky hlavu daleko chytrejsi lidi nez PES.

Russian military forces have repeatedly found ways to harness SpaceX’s satellite internet system. SpaceX and the Pentagon have tried to stamp out such use, but in recent weeks, Russia has outfitted drones with Starlink dishes to help them carry out “hundreds” of attacks inside Ukraine.

https://www.pcmag.com/news/to-block-russians-spacex-to-impose-whitelist-for-starlink-access-in-ukraine?test_uuid=04IpBmWGZleS0I0J3epvMrC&;test_variant=B

mezitim
https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2018214371139182770?s=20

Russian state TV anchor Solovyov called for Russia to conduct orbital nuclear strikes on SpaceX satellites, after Musk shut down Russian Starlink terminals.

Solovyov seemed unbothered by the potential collateral damage to Russian satellites: "We'll switch to carrier pigeons!"

Realita

https://kyivindependent.com/bloomberg-pentagon-blocks-russian-military-from-accessing-starlink-in-ukraine/

“At this time we have successfully countered Russian use, but I am certain Russia will continue to try and find ways to exploit Starlink and other commercial communications systems,” Plumb said. "It will continue to be a problem, I think we’ve wrapped our heads around it and found good solutions with both Starlink and Ukraine.”

Ukraine's military intelligence said that Russia has allegedly been purchasing Starlink terminals from "Arab countries," citing intercepted communications.

Elon Musk denied that SpaceX had sold Starlink units to Russia and said Starlink would not connect to any devices there.

Both military intelligence and media reports said that Russian forces connected Starlink in occupied Ukraine, not on Russian territory.

Plumb affirmed that SpaceX has become a "reliable partner" in Ukraine.

“To me, they’re a very reliable partner, and they are also ‘innovating at speed,’ providing services that are useful to the Defense Department.”

The recent testimony, coming from a SpaceX insider during a court case, marks the first time direct Chinese investment in the privately held company has been disclosed. While there is no prohibition on Chinese ownership in U.S. military contractors, such investment is heavily regulated and the issue is treated by the U.S. government as a significant national security concern.
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Buying shares in SpaceX is much more difficult than buying a piece of a publicly traded company like Tesla or Microsoft. SpaceX has control over who can buy stakes in it, and the company’s investors fall into different categories. The most rarefied group is the direct investors, who actually own SpaceX shares. This group includes funds led by Kahlon, Peter Thiel and a handful of other venture capitalists with personal ties to Musk. Then there are the indirect investors, who effectively buy stakes in SpaceX through a middleman like Kahlon. (The indirect investors are actually buying into a fund run by the middleman, typically paying a hefty fee.) All previously known Chinese investors in SpaceX fell into the latter category.
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Kahlon has turned his access to SpaceX stock into a lucrative business. His investor list reads like an atlas of the world. The investors’ names are redacted in the recently unsealed document, but their addresses span from Chile to Malaysia. One is in Russia. At least two are in mainland China. One is in Qatar. (In one email to SpaceX’s chief financial officer, Kahlon said a Los Angeles-based fund had money from the Qatari royal family and was already invested in SpaceX.)
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By November 2021, Kahlon was personally raising money from China to buy SpaceX stakes. He told a Shanghai-based company that if it invested with him, it would get quarterly updates on SpaceX’s business development, “visits to SpaceX, and the opportunities to interview with Space X’s CFO,” court records show.

The Shanghai company ultimately sent Kahlon $50 million to invest in Musk’s business, according to court records. SpaceX had the deal canceled after the plan became public.

SpaceX Took Money Directly From Chinese Investors: Company Insider — ProPublica
https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-spacex-china-investors-court-testimony

KOUDY:

SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service, which has provided Ukraine's military with broadband communications in its defense against Russia's military

Takže ONI SAMI říkají, že Starlink Ukrajině poskytli, aby se mohli bránit proti Ruské armádě. Jinak řečeno: Aby (i) Ukrajinská Armáda mohla efektivně provádět potřebnou komunikaci nutnou k obraně.

Takže znovu: Jaký je rozdíl mezi telefonátem "Rozjebte ty útočící bestie na sračky! Perte to do nich z raketometů!" a "Dróne, shoď granát na útočící bestie"?

MAKROUSEK: SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service, which has provided Ukraine's military with broadband communications in its defense against Russia's military, was "never never meant to be weaponized," Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX's president and chief operating officer, said during a conference in Washington, D.C. "However, Ukrainians have leveraged it in ways that were unintentional and not part of any agreement," she said.

Nejde o ten nedávný celosvětový výpadek

https://www.reuters.com/investigations/musk-ordered-shutdown-starlink-satellite-service-ukraine-retook-territory-russia-2025-07-25/?

Using Starlink with drones went beyond the scope of an agreement SpaceX has with the Ukrainian government, Shotwell said, adding the contract was intended for humanitarian purposes such as providing broadband internet to hospitals, banks and families affected by Russia's invasion.

"We know the military is using them for comms, and that's ok," she said. "But our intent was never to have them use it for offensive purposes."

SpaceX has privately shipped truckloads of Starlink terminals to Ukraine, allowing the country's military to communicate by plugging them in and connecting them with the nearly 4,000 satellites SpaceX has launched into low-Earth orbit so far.

PES: Proc by to vypinal aby ukrajinci prohrali? To je hrozna picovina. Proste to vypnul kvuli tomu, ze ta vec je delana kvuli komunikaci a ukrajinci ji pouzivali k navadeni dronu a zabijeni ruskejch vojaku. To ze my evropani na to nahlizime jinak protoze chceme at chcipne co nejvic rusaku a ty vopice se vratej nekam na sibir a do evropy nelezou s tim nema co delat. Starlink je soukroma americka firma ktera ma nejaky podminky uzivani..Stejne jako vypnul Kadyrovovi nelegalne dovezenej cybertruck, tak vypnul ukrajincum starlinky na fronte. Pletes si moralku s businessem...Co ale vim tak se pak nejak domluvili s pentagonem a za ukrajince to platej i polaci?..To nevim jak je v soucasny dobe.

SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service, which has provided Ukraine's military with broadband communications in its defense against Russia's military, was "never never meant to be weaponized," Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX's president and chief operating officer, said during a conference in Washington, D.C. "However, Ukrainians have leveraged it in ways that were unintentional and not part of any agreement," she said.

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/spacex-curbed-ukraines-use-starlink-internet-drones-company-president-2023-02-09/

JIMIQ: mno, čirou náhodou se mluví znovu i o tomhle:
https://www.reuters.com/investigations/musk-ordered-shutdown-starlink-satellite-service-ukraine-retook-territory-russia-2025-07-25/