Russia's Starlink Crisis Just Keeps Getting Worse - Paul Warburg

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2. Kyiv says Russian troops need Starlink so badly they're trying to get Ukrainians to register terminals for them

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Kyiv officials warned that Ukrainians might be coerced into registering Starlink terminals for the Kremlin's forces after a recent block on Russia's access to the service.

Ukraine's auxiliary body for handling prisoners of war posted a notice on Tuesday saying that it had learned of multiple instances where families of Ukrainian prisoners were threatened and told to enroll such terminals.

The warning comes after Ukraine's defense ministry reached a deal with SpaceX earlier this month to cut off Russia's access to Starlink by blocking general connectivity across Ukrainian territory.

"Looking for a way out of the difficult situation in which they found themselves, the occupiers turned their attention to the families of the prisoners," the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War wrote in a statement.