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Ukraine disputes Musk’s claim that its military misused Starlink

Ukrainian troops deploy a Starlink terminal on the battlefield. Kyiv is allowed to use the civilian service for communications needs, but not for drone strikes, for which it relies on Starshield. Dmytro Smolienko/ Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty Images Elon Musk has accused Ukrainian forces of using commercial Starlink in drone strikes. But two Ukrainian drone figures say the claim is impossible because of limits imposed on the terminals. It comes after Ukraine was hit by a 10-day slowdown