A new “white list” from SpaceX is shutting off Russia’s illicit access to Starlink’s satellite internet across the front line.

At shortly before 3:00 a.m. Kyiv time on Feb. 5, Elon Musk retweeted a new guide from Ukraine’s Digital Transformation Ministry for registering a Starlink terminal within UkraSubsequently, a series of alarmed Russian social media posts indicate that Starlink terminals were disconnecting en masse along the front.

Three Ukrainian commanders, speaking to the Kyiv Independent on the condition of anonymity, reported intercepting messages from Russian forces complaining about Starlink terminals failing in large numbers.

Serhiy “Flash” Beskrestnov, a longtime commentator on electronic warfare more recently appointed as advisor to Defense Minister Mykhaylo Fedorov, said the “enemy at the front doesn’t have a problem, the enemy has a catastrophe.”

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    10 hours ago

    This is an interesting point. It could be pure coincidence but we can’t overlook the fact that Musk’s actions noticeably changed from helping to hinder Ukraine’s war efforts not too long after a phone call with Putin.

    So now he’s a pedo AND a traitor.