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Ukraine: Starlink speed cap is disrupting critical drone missions
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Kyiv says terminals lose their connection once a car or drone passes 160km/h, which hurts interceptor drones, the ones used to shoot down Russia's jet-powered drones. Serhiy Beskrestnov, an adviser to President Zelensky, said on Wednesday that troops weren't told about the limit, which Elon Musk's SpaceX set overnight. SpaceX hasn't commented publicly, and Ukraine's defence ministry says it's still investigating the cause.
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