Former adviser to Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense 🇺🇦 Serhii Sternenko refuted Elon Musk’s claim that the Ukrainian military 🇺🇦 uses Starlink on combat drones.

“Elon Musk claims that Ukraine allegedly violated Starlink’s terms of use by using the system on combat drones.

As someone who was once involved in the Ministry of Defense’s internal processes, I can say with certainty that this is not true.

In February this year, a whitelist was introduced. Fixed terminals can be registered by both military and civilian personnel. But for any satellite terminal to work while in motion, it must be added to a special list and connected to the military Starshield system. Otherwise, no satellite communications terminal in Ukraine can operate.

In other words, using civilian Starlink for drone missions is technically impossible. All drone missions that require satellite communications can only be carried out using Starshield.

We are very grateful to the United States and SpaceX for providing access to critical satellite communications. Ukraine has not violated the terms of use.”

Meanwhile, Elon Musk continues to distance himself from the restrictions imposed on Ukraine’s 🇺🇦 Starshield system, claiming that the system depends directly on the U.S. government 🇺🇸.$SOL