He expressed gratitude to SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell and company founder Elon Musk for their quick response and beginning to work on resolving the situation.
Fedorov emphasized that Musk’s decision to urgently turn on Starlink and transfer the first batch of terminals to Ukraine at the beginning of a full-scale invasion became critically important for the country.
“Western technology should continue to help the democratic world and protect civilians, and not be used for terror and the destruction of peaceful cities,” he wrote.
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The fact that the Russian Federation has begun to use Shahed drones on Starlink was announced by Advisor to the Minister of Defense Sergei Beskrestnov (Flash) on January 25. The next day, he said that another Russian drone on Starlink (BM-35) flew to Dnieper. “Unlike the Molniya, this UAV is fuel-powered and can fly up to 500 km,” Flesh noted.
On January 27, Fedorov confirmed at the Drone Army 2025 event that Russian drones had indeed begun to operate via Starlink, and noted the need to act without delay.
