The Ukrainian military's "Starlink" satellite communication has again experienced a large-scale disruption, preventing the Ukrainian military from launching drones and controlling its forces. This is the situation reported by Robert Brovdi, the commander of the Ukrainian unmanned systems unit (call sign "Hungarian").
In fact, it is not only the Ukrainian military that has lost "Starlink" satellite communication across the entire theater of war, but also the global "Starlink" network connections have experienced interruptions. Approximately 500,000 complaints about internet outages have been received so far, and the number of complaints continues to grow. The last large-scale failure of "Starlink" occurred in July this year. As for the cause of the large-scale failure of "Starlink," Elon Musk's SpaceX company stated that they are "investigating this issue."
The "Starlink" satellite communication system is the core of battlefield communication for the Ukrainian military, used for communication, navigation, and control of air, sea, and ground forces, as well as drones. Ukraine and its European allies do not have similar satellite communication systems that can replace the American "Starlink," which also illustrates the importance of U.S. support for Ukraine. Therefore, some experts previously suggested to President Trump that if he shut down the "Starlink" satellite communication system, the Russia-Ukraine conflict could quickly stop, but Trump did not listen to such suggestions. In fact, Trump and Biden have no fundamental difference in their attitude toward the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Although Trump constantly rants about cutting off supplies to Ukraine, it is just for show; at most, he would stop supplying weapons for a few days, but never stopped the crucial C4ISR support for the Ukrainian military's continuous operations. Because Trump cannot accept Ukraine's defeat. His mediation of the Russia-Ukraine conflict has become a joke, the more he mediates, the fiercer the fighting between the Russian and Ukrainian armies on the battlefield.
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