Ukraine’s military intelligence says Russia buying Starlink terminals in ‘Arab countries’
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Russian forces are buying Starlink internet terminals in “Arab countries” for use on the battlefield, Ukraine’s military intelligence said on Tuesday.
It made the statement on the Telegram messaging app, where it also posted what it described as an audio clip of two Russian soldiers discussing plans for such a purchase.
Meanwhile, Russia launched drone attacks overnight on Kyiv and southern Ukraine, injuring at least one civilian and damaging a gas pipeline and residential buildings in the river and sea port of Mykolaiv, Ukraine’s military said on Sunday.
Ukraine’s Air Force said on the Telegram messaging app that its air defence systems destroyed 40 out of 45 Russia-launched Shahed attack drones overnight.
“The air alert in the capital lasted almost two hours,” Serhiy Popko, the head of Kyiv’s military administration, said on Telegram.
He added that over Kyiv all the drones were downed on their approach. According to preliminary information, there were no casualties nor destruction in or near the capital. Skies over Kyiv were declared clear soon before 4 a.m. (0200 GMT).
Ukraine’s southern military command said on Telegram that its air defence systems were engaged for more than five hours and destroyed 26 Russia-launched Shahed drones over several southern regions, chiefly over the Mykolaiv region near the Black Sea.
At least one civilian was injured in the southern Ukraine attack, the military said.
