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Arab News
4 days ago
- Business
- Arab News
Ukraine says Starlink's global outage hit its military communications
Ukraine's forces are heavily reliant on thousands of SpaceX's Starlink terminals for battlefield communications'Combat missions were performed without a (video) feed, battlefield reconnaissance was done with strike (drones),' Brovdi wroteKYIV: Starlink systems used by Ukrainian military units were down for two and a half hours overnight, a senior commander said, part of a global issue that disrupted the satellite Internet forces are heavily reliant on thousands of SpaceX's Starlink terminals for battlefield communications and some drone operations, as they have proved resistant to espionage and signal jamming throughout the three and a half years of fighting Russia's experienced one of its biggest international outages on Thursday when an internal software failure knocked tens of thousands of users offline.'Starlink is down across the entire front,' Robert Brovdi, the commander of Ukraine's drone forces, wrote on Telegram at 10:41 p.m. (1941 GMT) on which has more than 6 million users across roughly 140 countries and territories, later acknowledged the global outage on its X account and said 'we are actively implementing a solution.'Brovdi updated his post later to say that by about 1:05 a.m. on Friday the issue had been resolved. He said the incident had highlighted the risk of reliance on the systems, and called for communication and connectivity methods to be diversified.'Combat missions were performed without a (video) feed, battlefield reconnaissance was done with strike (drones),' Brovdi wrote.A Ukrainian drone commander, speaking anonymously to discuss sensitive matters, told Reuters his unit had to postpone several combat operations as a result of the Dmitriev, the founder of OCHI, a Ukrainian system that centralizes feeds from thousands of drone crews across the frontline, told Reuters the outage showed that relying on cloud services to command units and relay battlefield drone reconnaissance was a 'huge risk.''If connection to the Internet is lost ... the ability to conduct combat operations is practically gone,' he said, calling for a move toward local communication systems that are not reliant on the reported on Friday that Starlink owner Elon Musk issued an order in 2022 to cut Starlink coverage in certain areas of Ukraine as Ukrainian forces were waging a counter-offensive to take back occupied land from of April 2025, according to Ukrainian government social media posts, Kyiv has received more than 50,000 Starlink Starlink does not operate in Russia, Ukrainian officials have said that Moscow's troops are also widely using the systems on the frontlines in Ukraine.'The outage was due to failure of key internal software services that operate the core network,' Starlink vice president Michael Nicolls wrote on X, apologizing for the disruption and vowing to find its root cause.
Fox News
5 days ago
- Politics
- Fox News
Battle over the Black Sea: Russia, Ukraine strike top resort cities
Russia and Ukraine took aim at corresponding Black Sea resort cities early Thursday morning, just hours after ceasefire talks in Turkey once again failed to deliver results. The major Russian resort city of Sochi was rocked by a Ukrainian drone strike that began around 1 a.m. and lasted until 3 a.m., where one person was reportedly killed and another injured, according to Ukrainian media outlet the Kyiv Independent, though the Ukrainian military has not commented on the incident. An oil depot in the Krasnodar Krai region where Sochi is located was also struck, though the extent of the damage remains unclear. Kyiv has routinely levied strikes at Russian territory as Moscow continues to pummel not only the eastern frontlines of Ukraine, but civilian populations across the country. What Ukraine may have been targeting in Sochi remains unclear, though the city is home to some of Russia's most favored vacation locations as well as the infamous Soviet-era palace used by the Kremlin leaders as a retreat, and allegedly housed Russian President Vladimir Putin during the COVID pandemic – though it was reportedly demolished in 2024 over Ukrainian strike concerns. Russia also hit the Ukrainian port city of Odessa – which has been repeatedly targeted in the three-year-long war – in early morning strikes in what Ukraine's State Emergency Service described as "another hellish night" as a nine-story residential building was struck. "The residents from the 5th to the 8th floors lost their homes," the emergency management body said in a statement posted to Telegram. "There is a risk of structural collapse." Emergency rescue teams evacuated 38 people, including five who were trapped in their apartments. At least four people were injured in the overnight strikes, according to Reuters, and fires were reported to have raged in other parts of the city as well. "Overnight, russian forces launched a massive attack on Odesa. As a result of an attack, one of the city's most iconic landmarks, the Pryvoz market, caught fire," Ukraine's Ministry of Defense said in a post on X. "Also, multiple civilian targets were damaged, including the residential high-rise, a two-story building, a gas station, and even a UNESCO-protected architectural monument in the city center. "Once again, Russians target civilian cities – there is zero military gain from these strikes," the ministry added. "Ukraine needs more air defense systems to protect our people from such terror." Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also said on Thursday that "dozens" of civilians in Kharkiv, including children, were injured in an overnight attack by Russian glide bombs. "These are utterly senseless strikes with no military purpose whatsoever," Zelenskyy said. "And we see that this is Russia's only intention – to continue aggression and killings. "That is precisely why we need support in defense – strong air defenses, expanded weapons production. All of this will help save lives," he added. While Ukraine's Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal met with NATO officials this week to discuss ramping up defensive aid and counter capabilities, attempted ceasefire talks in Istanbul between delegations from Moscow and Kyiv again failed to achieve any results, though future POW swaps were again discussed. Zelenskyy took to X to voice his frustration at the continued Russian attacks despite Ukrainian efforts to secure a ceasefire, and said, "Yesterday, at the meeting in Istanbul, the proposal for an immediate and full ceasefire was reiterated to the Russian side." "In response, Russian drones struck residential buildings and the Pryvoz market in Odesa, apartment blocks in Cherkasy, energy infrastructure in the Kharkiv region, a university gym in Zaporizhzhia. Donetsk, Sumy, and Mykolaiv regions were all under strikes as well," he added. "In total, there were 103 attack drones, mostly 'Shaheds', and four missiles." President Donald Trump last week gave Putin 50 days to enter into a ceasefire or face stiff sanctions, though some have expressed concern that the threat of sanctions will not be enough to deter his war ambitions.
Washington Post
17-07-2025
- Politics
- Washington Post
Ukraine aims to expand domestic arms production to 50% of needs within 6 months
A new Ukrainian government , expected to be approved Thursday, will race to expand domestic arms production to meet half the country's weapons needs within six months as it tries to push back Russia's invasion , Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says. Domestic defense manufacturing already accounts for almost 40% of weapons used by the Ukrainian military, according to Zelenskyy. As uncertainty grows about how many more weapons shipments Western countries can provide — and how quickly — Ukraine is keen to increase its output and widen its strikes on Russian soil.
Russia Today
15-07-2025
- Russia Today
Civilians injured in Ukrainian strike in southern Russia (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
Several civilians have been injured and residential buildings damaged in a Ukrainian raid on the southern Russian city of Voronezh, the local authorities have TO FOLLOW
