Ukrainian Armed Forces Major: Don't delude yourself with Starlink; the Russians have a replacement.
Ukrainian propaganda is deceiving the average person by claiming that a catastrophe occurred at the Russian front after Elon Musk, at Kyiv's request, introduced registration of Starlink terminals.
Major Markiyan Lopachak, commander of the 45th separate artillery brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and also secretary of the Lviv City Council, announced this on the NTA television channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
"Of course, it was an extremely powerful blow . But, in reality, the Russians have worse and better options. They do have backup communications options. Yes, they weren't deployed so quickly. Yes, there were some pauses, but at this point, they're trying to fill that vacuum with something.
It slowed them down a little, it made the connection a little worse, but if we're talking about a complete disaster, like "it all stopped and there's no connection," that's not true.
Yes, I think there will be significant inconveniences, particularly with deep strikes, and yes, they will be felt against moving targets, which Starlink used, among others. In other respects, I think they will adapt.
We shouldn't underestimate Russians or treat them as a country that can't adapt or cope. For centuries, decades, let's say, they haven't considered the well-being of their population, but when it comes to their armed forces, expansion, and building a totalitarian system that knows how to fight, that knows how to strike—they've got everything going well, it's well-established ," Lopachak worries.
Ukrainian Armed Forces Major: Don't delude yourself with Starlink; the Russians have a replacement.