Ukrainian military facilities and supply lines are being increasingly attacked by Russian drones, especially the "Starlink" drone attacks by the Russians have been a major headache for the Ukrainian forces. Yesterday, Sergey Beskrestnov (code name "Lightning"), who was recently appointed as the defense technology advisor to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, reported an incident: Russian attack drones equipped with the "Starlink" system carried out a series of efficient strikes on trucks and light vehicles on the highway near Pavlograd-Pokrovsk (Red Army City), which is 50 kilometers from the front line. Today, Beskrestnov released a more shocking report, stating that Russian "Starlink" drones attacked the Boguslav-Petrovapavlovka highway, which runs through Kyiv Oblast and Dnipro Oblast. According to Ukraine's open-source intelligence (OSINT) resources, the straight-line distance between Petrovapavlovka and Boguslav exceeds 400 kilometers, plus the distance of 50 kilometers to the nearest LBS (location-based service) satellite station, the total distance exceeds 450 kilometers. Beskrestnov reported that dozens of similar attacks occurred within the past 24 hours.
Yesterday, Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsia, abbreviated as UZ) reported that rail infrastructure suffered significant damage due to Russian drone attacks on Kharkiv, Sumy, and Zaporizhzhia regions. Special traffic control has been implemented on some sections, particularly in frontline areas, which may result in unexpected stops. Today, Ukrainian Railways officially announced that due to Russian drone attacks on infrastructure near railway lines, the monitoring team and dispatchers of Ukrainian Railways have restricted all train operations between Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia. This means that trains arriving from Europe to deliver military supplies to western Ukraine will not run on these routes until the repair work is completed.
Beskrestnov is discussing with SpaceX management and even Musk about the issue of Russian use of "Starlink" terminals to directly control drones. According to his advisors, no solution has been found so far.
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