SpaceX imposed new speed restrictions on Starlink satellite terminals used by Ukrainian forces overnight on Oct. 14, disrupting several military missions, Ukrainian activist and former Defense Ministry adviser Serhii Sternenko reported. Presidential adviser Serhii Beskrestnov, known as Flash, subsequently confirmed the restrictions.

On October 14, 2026, SpaceX imposed an unannounced speed limit on military-grade Starshield terminals used by Ukrainian forces, automatically cutting internet connectivity for terminals moving faster than 100 mph (160 km/h) and disrupting several high-speed military drone operations.

  • im_fine_sandy@nord.pubEnglish
    171·
    19 hours ago

    I thought it was well established that bot traffic declined since the yanked data centre stuff.

    Is that not the case?

    • Aqarius@lemmy.worldEnglish
      95·
      16 hours ago

      The bots that were taken down on the “bot traffic” graph are web crawler bots used to index webpages for the yandex search engine. Propaganda “bots” aren’t actually labeled as “bot traffic”, for obvious reasons.