Ukrainian maker DevDroid’s Droid Box now sends ground robots that lose Starlink back to point A
Their speakers can also tell Russian soldiers to surrender, and strike models with new thermal cameras are already with troops.
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At least 100 satellites, fast but maybe not as fast as Starlink: a Ukrainian firm sizes up a satellite network for Ukraine’s military
Its CEO says the timeline hinges on launch queues and scarce ground terminals, and later stages could cost far more than the privately funded test satellite.
Kill the archer, not the arrows: Ukraine asked Trump again and again to free Starshield against Russia’s ballistic launchers
The Ukrainian president argues that hunting the launchers inside Russia would save more lives than waiting for Patriot interceptors that will never be enough.
Russia’s Starlink rival lost a second satellite after it apparently sat idle for 103 days
Most of the other 30 sit around 500 km, short of the 800 km target. Bureau 1440 hasn’t said whether it lowered the goal.
Russia is building Starlink no foreign company can switch off. Ukraine names 49 firms behind it, and 23 face no sanctions from Kyiv’s allies at all
One of them is Roscosmos, which puts the satellites in orbit.
Two weeks before Starlink’s speed cap hit Ukraine’s drones, a Ukrainian test satellite went up on a SpaceX rocket
The companies say it will serve Ukraine's strategic security. Public launch records list one Ukrainian satellite from that launch, and it has a different name, though dozens of the launch's payloads are still unidentified.
Musk warns military use of Starlink could spark space war. Kyiv’s ex-disinformation chief says he’s building alibi after Starshield scandal
The warning lands weeks after his company throttled the Starshield service Ukraine’s drones rely on.
Full speed returned to Ukraine’s satellite links on Saturday morning. “We simply enforced our terms,” Musk claims after blaming Washington for 10 days
The SpaceX owner, who had earlier said the US government decides such limits, wrote that his company had closed a gap he says Ukrainian troops used for drone strikes.
The Starlink hot potato: Musk points to Trump, Trump points to nobody, then credits Musk with the fix. The speed limit stays
Ukraine’s military Starlink terminals still lose connection above about 160 km/h, nine days after the limit took effect, and Kyiv has no official explanation of who imposed it.
Starlink slowdown makes Ukraine’s Shahed-hunting drone maker rethink air-launched interceptors
Its spokesman says other companies that lean harder on Starlink have voiced concerns, and points to interest in Europe’s Eutelsat.
Who capped Ukraine’s Starlink? “Ultimately POTUS,” Musk said. Ultimately Musk, reports now say
The Pentagon says it gave no order, and Ukraine’s drones were still losing their link above 160 km/h as of 20 October.
Rubio thinks Starlink is fixed. Kyiv says it still cuts out above 161 km/h
The two sides do not agree even on which service was capped.
Two Germans charged in absentia over Bulgaria’s Starlink fire, one of three recent attacks on satellite links Ukraine relies on against Russia
Prosecutors say the men crossed in from Serbia as tourists, set the antennas alight within hours, and left the same night.
Ballistic missile warnings are back, but the Starlink cap stays, Zelenskyy says: Ukraine’s two US lifelines, one restored
Ukrainian drones still lose their connection above 161 km/h, too slow to catch Russia’s jet drones, he told NBC News.
EU fast-tracks merger of three European firms into one SpaceX rival. It wants to end reliance on US satellites that failed Ukraine this week
The EU plans to fast-track antitrust approval for Project Bromo, a satellite venture.
White House ordered limits on Ukraine’s military satellite service — Reuters. Who made the decision remains unclear
Germany has questions for Washington, while the UK reports that Starlink access has been restored following assurances to its defense secretary.
After Trump, Musk tells Ukraine’s president to go. Zelenskyy says he won’t resign and will never accept Ukrainian land as Russian
The Ukrainian leader told British broadcaster Piers Morgan that this refusal is why some “big guys” want him replaced.
Musk pointed at the US military over Ukraine’s satellite limits. Now a US official says the administration had nothing to do with them
Ukraine’s Defense Ministry says it is in talks with partners and SpaceX to maintain stable service and prevent sudden restrictions on satellite services used by its military.
Ukraine is going back to hitting Russian oil after its Trump-pressured pause, during which Kyiv got no US warnings of incoming ballistic missiles
The pause was meant to seal a US-announced energy truce, but Russia kept hitting power plants while Ukraine lost early warnings and drone connectivity.
“Starshield systems are owned and controlled by the US government”: Musk says Trump, not SpaceX, is behind cut hitting Ukraine
The ordinary Starlink on drones is capped at about 160 km/h, too slow for some missions, so faster flight needs the military StarShield version.