Russian military correspondent Alexander Kots said that the Russian Armed Forces use Elon Musk's technology in military actions. According to Kots, the Russian military use Starlink satellites in the special military operation zone.
"The troops actively use Starlink in the SVO (SVO is a Russian abbreviation for special military operation — ed.). We use it, among other things, for broadcast to command posts, to get images from reconnaissance UAVs,” the military correspondent said.
This has significantly raised the level of Russian intelligence, the military correspondent added.
Russia does not have similar equipment yet, so one has to use American equipment instead even though the security of their use remains questionable, Kots noted. He has not heard stories about Russian positions being identified due to the use of Starlink satellites, the military correspondent said.
The Russian forces obtained first Starlink kits in 2022. As part of his support for Ukraine, Elon Musk sent thousands of Starlink terminals to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which they began to use in the field of military communications. The Russian military obtained their first Starlink satellite Internet kits during the battle of Krasny Lyman in May 2022.
The Washington Post reported that the Russian army could significantly improve its combat potential in Ukraine thanks to the use of Starlink communication terminals.