Russia’s answer to Starlink was written off as a failure—its satellites are still climbing
Forty-six days after their 19 July launch, the new craft sit at a median 365 km—higher than Russia's already-working first batch was at the same age.
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Russia’s Starlink rival falters as latest satellite batch stalls in low orbit, ISW says
None of the 16 spacecraft launched in July reached the 550-kilometer benchmark, while two may reenter the atmosphere and be lost.
Ukrainian ground-robot maker has moved into air: Ratel’s first strike drone flies 30 kilometers on Starlink link
The Ratel K1 carries two kilograms, the maker says.
Ukraine says it hit an Iskander launcher near the border—part of a dedicated hunt for Russia’s ballistic launch sites
The tactic gives Kyiv another way to reduce the missile threat when its stocks of anti-ballistic interceptors are low, Zelenskyy says.
Kyiv is asking Musk to let it strike inside Russia. Its best line to Musk is gone
Running low on Patriot interceptors, Kyiv wants to hunt the launchers up to 200 km inside Russia—but only Musk can switch the drones on.
“Faster than originally planned”: Russia wants 292 Starlink-rival satellites by 2027
The Rassvet network already offers brief connections as satellites cross Ukraine. Kyiv is discussing countermeasures.
Ukraine’s security service breaks up two schemes registering Starlink terminals for Russia
The SBU says it detained three suspects in Dnipro and Zhytomyr and blocked every device the two operations had signed up.
Third one down: Ukraine keeps destroying Russia’s $1.8 million Starlink jammers
Satellite imagery places the latest confirmed hit at an FSB border base in Gelendzhik on Russia’s Black Sea coast.
Alleged Russian agent arrested in Dnipro, accused of activating 1,000+ Starlink communications terminals to support Russian forces
The SBU says a suspect recruited by Russian intelligence used fake identities to activate more than 1,000 Starlink satellite terminals before authorities blocked the network.
Ukraine arrests two alleged Russian agents in Kyiv accused of activating Starlink terminals to support Russian missile and drone strikes
According to the SBU, the suspects registered dozens of Starlink terminals that Russian intelligence planned to use for missile and drone attacks and to detect Ukraine's electronic warfare defenses.
Russia’s ex-space chief calls for “systematic zeroing out” of the Starlink satellite constellation
Senator Dmitry Rogozin claims cutting Ukraine off from SpaceX's network would end the war within two to three weeks — and that Russia knows several ways to do it.
Ukraine’s newest drones don’t need Starlink. Russia spends $1.5 million to jam it anyway.
Onboard AI lets the newest drones find their own targets—nothing for a jammer to break.
Russians deploy massive $1.5M Starlink jammers, Ukrainians are blowing them up
Bulky, powerful, flammable
Russia’s monthly land grab in Ukraine has collapsed from hundreds of km² to 14, OSINT data show
As Ukraine paired a battlefield network linking every drone and sensor with strikes deep behind Russian lines, DeepState's monthly tally for May is the smallest in years of Russia's grinding offensive.
After SpaceX cuts off Starlink access, Russia launches first 16 satellites of its own “Rassvet” alternative
Russia's Rassvet system needs 200–250 satellites for stable use.
Ukraine launches “Logistics Lockdown” program with $113 million for middle-strike drones against Russian rear
Defense Minister Fedorov said the program will direct funds to brigades that have already been hitting Russian logistics.
Pentagon: Ukraine retook 400 km² after cutting Russian troops off from Elon Musk’s Starlink internet
A Ukrainian offensive retook roughly 400 square kilometers of territory in early 2026 after thousands of Starlink terminals used by Russian forces were deactivated, according to a Pentagon Inspector General report
Russia is building 168,000-strong drone force by year-end through stealing Kyiv UAV model, says Ukraine’s drone commander Madiar
An average Ukrainian brigade is now intercepting up to 60 Russian "Molniya" strike drones per day because Russia has centralized production.
Russia planned major naval counteroffensive against Ukraine in 2026. Drones were built, but they can’t be used
According to Defense Ministry advisor Serhii "Flash" Beskrestnov, that single decision collapsed Russia's entire unmanned naval campaign before it began.
Ukraine’s Spider ground robot shoots +70°, hunting drones the way infantry can’t
The robot can fights alongside troops for three days without rotation.