Ukraine's Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said on Thursday that Kyiv was in contact with Elon Musk's SpaceX over allegations that Russian drones were using internet from Starlink satellites during attacks on Ukrainian cities.

"Within hours of Russian drones with Starlink connectivity appearing over Ukrainian cities, the Ministry of Defence team promptly contacted SpaceX and proposed ways to resolve the problem," Fedorov said in a social media post.

In this long exposure photo, a string of SpaceX Starlink satellites pass over a house near Florence, 6 May, 2021 AP Photo

"I'm grateful to SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell and personally to Elon Musk for their swift response."

Fedorov and the US-based Institute for the Study of War said earlier this week that the Russian army used Starlink satellites to guide its drone attacks deep into Ukraine.

Russia has been battering the country's energy grid as temperatures tumble below freezing and the invasion's fourth anniversary looms.

Ukraine contacts SpaceX over Russian drones allegedly using Starlink, officials say

UA also uses StarLink, so what's the problem ?

1 hour ago, KhunLA said:

UA also uses StarLink, so what's the problem ?

Is USA using Starlink to bomb and kill civilians daily?

32 minutes ago, bannork said:

Is USA using Starlink to bomb and kill civilians daily?

I thought the topic was UA & RU.

Don't think USA needs StarLink for military purposes.

Ukraine has been using US/NATO military intelligence and guidance from the begining

including Starlink ..its a bit rich moaning that the Russians have found a way to use it.

Presumably Elon is not letting them use it willingly so they might have hacked it or obtained some grey equipment ? though I would have thought the equipment would be locatable via GPS so I'll lean more towards the Russians found a hack.

3 hours ago, KhunLA said:

I thought the topic was UA & RU.

Don't think USA needs StarLink for military purposes.

Apologies, I didn't realise UA meant Ukraine.