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Russian army hit by mass Starlink outages on Ukraine frontline: Reports

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Russian forces have partially lost access to Elon Musk's Starlink internet connection service, pro-Kremlin bloggers say.

Ukraine 's own forces have leaned heavily on Starlink 's internet access for battlefield communications and for controlling Ukraine 's drone fleets.

Starlink works by using thousands of low- Earth orbit satellites to provide an internet connection to its users.

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English

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