
Military expert Yuri Knutov said that the possible shutdown of Starlink terminals in Ukraine will change the course of the special military operation, making the Ukrainian Armed Forces vulnerable to electronic warfare and allowing Russian troops to develop an offensive.
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Discussion of the influence of Starlink satellite communication systems on the course of military operations.
The course of a special military operation (SVO) may change after the shutdown of Starlink satellite communication terminals in Ukraine. This was stated by military expert Yuri Knutov in a conversation with the publication “Paragraph”.
“A significant part of the drones that operate near the rear, on the line of combat contact and in Crimea, use these channels. Disabling Starlink will change the configuration at the front not in favor of Ukraine, and we will have the opportunity to actively develop the offensive,” the analyst noted.
According to Knutov, the transition to analog data exchange formats will make the Armed Forces of Ukraine completely transparent to radio interception systems and vulnerable to Russian electronic warfare systems.

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