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Russia deploys powerful jammers to disrupt Starlink in war against Ukraine’s drones

Russian forces are deploying powerful jamming systems to disrupt Ukraine's Starlink satellite internet, according to Ukrainian drone commanders and pilots. This action is a response to Ukraine's effective "mid-strike" drone attacks, which have been transforming the war.

ReutersSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-07-08 · 10:02 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min
Russia deploys powerful jammers to disrupt Starlink in war against Ukraine’s drones
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Russian forces are deploying powerful jamming systems to disrupt Ukraine's Starlink satellite internet, according to Ukrainian drone commanders and pilots. This action is a response to Ukraine's effective "mid-strike" drone attacks, which have been transforming the war. These drones, often operated via Starlink, can accurately strike targets deep behind front lines. This year, Ukraine has used these drones to attack Russian supply lines, fuel storage, air defenses, and command centers, impacting logistics and causing fuel shortages in occupied Crimea. The jamming efforts are part of Russia's attempt to counter these successful Ukrainian drone operations.

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Russian forces are deploying powerful jamming systems to disrupt Starlink in Ukraine.

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Ukraine has attacked Russian supply lines, fuel storage, air-defence, and command centres using mid-strike drones.

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Ukraine's "mid-strike" drones, often flown via Starlink, have transformed the war.

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These attacks have disrupted Russian logistics and caused fuel shortages in Crimea.

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Russian forces are trying to counter Ukrainian “mid-strike” drone attacks by camouflaging cargoes ⁠and installing powerful jamming systems to disrupt Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet system, Ukrainian drone commanders and pilots have said.Kyiv’s development of “mid-strike” drones that can hit targets dozens of kilometres behind front lines accurately and cheaply, and are often flown via Starlink, has transformed the Ukraine" class="entity-link entity-event" data-entity-id="142386" data-entity-type="event">war in Ukraine.In a concerted mid-strike campaign this year, Ukraine has attacked supply lines, fuel storage facilities, air-defence installations and command centres, disrupting Russian forces’ logistics and causing fuel shortages in Russian-occupied Crimea.
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