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American billionaire Elon Musk said that measures against Russia's unauthorized use of Starlink are likely already having results.
Main theses:
- On January 15, the fact of controlling the Russian BM-35 drone via the Starlink satellite internet was recorded for the first time.
- Musk decided to intervene in the situation at Fedorov's request.
Musk fulfills the promise he made to Ukraine
It looks like the steps we've taken to stop Russia's unauthorized use of Starlink have worked. Let us know if there's anything else we need to do.
Elon Musk
American billionaire
Looks like the steps we took to stop the unauthorized use of Starlink by Russia have worked. Let us know if more needs to be done.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 1, 2026
What is important to understand is that on January 25, radio technology expert Sergey “Flash” Beskrestnov announced the Russians' likely use of Starlink satellite internet on Shahed attack UAVs.
Yesterday (January 24 — ed.) morning, the enemy struck with “Shaheds” at helicopters in the Kropyvnytskyi area. The image shows automatic target acquisition and manual guidance based on the image. But there were no UAVs nearby to create a Mesh radio network. I conclude that we are seeing the first use of Shaheds at Starlinka.
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Since “Flash” had recently become an advisor to Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, the latter heeded his warning.
Against this background, Fedorov turned to Elon Musk and asked him for help.
The American billionaire immediately responded and promised that he would try to solve this problem.