The satellite network's owner, Elon Musk, said last week he had taken steps to prevent Russian forces from using it in the war in Ukraine.
At least nine of Russia's prominent and regime-loyal military commentators claim that the network is down at the front. Forces on both sides use it to communicate and conduct drone warfare.
'This is our Achilles' heel,' a good commander told me about Starlink some time ago, writes commentator Aleksandr Kots.
Russia has no alternative of its own to the global satellite network, which is owned by Musk's company SpaceX.
