Russia Warns It Will Attack Satellites Being Used To Help Ukraine

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a payload of 53 Starlink satellites lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. May 18, 2022. REUTERS/Steve Nesius  

Moscow Times: Russia Says U.S. Satellites Assisting Ukraine Are 'Legitimate' Targets 

Commercial satellites used by the United States to assist Ukraine in its war against Russia are “legitimate” targets for attacks, a Russian diplomat said Wednesday. 

Private assets like Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet constellation, as well as Maxar and Planet Labs earth observation satellites, have proven critical in keeping Ukrainians online and piercing the fog of war. 

Konstantin Vorontsov, the deputy chief of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s arms control and nonproliferation department, complained to the UN that the use of such satellites in conflicts marked an “extremely dangerous trend.”  

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WNU Editor: This warning from Moscow is probably directed at Elon Musk's Starlink network .... Russia makes veiled threat against Musk’s Starlink satellites (RT). 

Russia Warns It Will Attack Satellites Being Used To Help Ukraine  

Russian Official Says Western Commercial Satellites Could Become 'Legitimate' Targets -- RFE  

Russia Warns West: We Can Target Your Commercial Satellites -- Reuters  

Ukraine updates: Russia threatens West's satellites -- DW  

Russia threatens to target Western commercial satellites like Elon Musk's Starlink -- FOX News  

Russia might shoot down commercial satellites used to help Ukraine, says Russian Foreign Ministry -- The New Voice of Ukraine  

Russia warns U.S. satellites could be targets for "retaliation" -- Axios