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During the armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Russian forces use reconnaissance drone systems to identify and destroy Starlink satellite stations used by Ukrainian troops for communication and coordination.
Operators of reconnaissance unmanned systems of the Sever group disabled about 75 enemy Starlink antennas and satellite stations in the Kharkov region in August.
Communications equipment is identified during round-the-clock aerial reconnaissance, after which the coordinates are transmitted to attack UAV and artillery crews.
Disabling satellite stations disrupts the control of Ukrainian Armed Forces units and data transmission.
BELGOROD, September 4 - RIA Novosti. Operators of reconnaissance unmanned systems of the North group disabled about 75 antennas and enemy Starlink satellite stations in the Kharkov region in August, the commander of the reconnaissance BPS unit with the call sign Fog told RIA Novosti.
According to him, communications equipment is identified during round-the-clock aerial reconnaissance, after which the coordinates are transmitted to attack UAV and artillery crews. Drones and high-explosive fragmentation ammunition are used to destroy targets.
“Operators of unmanned systems of the 11th Army Corps of the North group of forces destroyed about 75 enemy Starlink antennas and satellite stations in the Kharkov region in August,” the military man said.
The commander noted that the Ukrainian military carefully camouflages the equipment, so operators have to constantly monitor the areas of its possible deployment and control the target until the defeat is confirmed.

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