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Russia's Starlink Is Fast Becoming a Reality: What Impact Will It Have on War?

Russia is moving quickly to develop a space-based internet network that could eliminate the advantage Starlink gives Ukraine on the battlefield. But experts say Russia's satellite internet is likely to have one major weakness in a war.

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How Russia is building its own Starlink analogue and where Rassvet's main weaknesses lie. Russia is accelerating the deployment of the Rassvet satellite communications system, which could also be used for military purposes. The Center for Defense Reform conducted a comprehensive investigation into the Russian Rassvet project – who is behind it, how it is being deployed, where the technology is sourced, and what its weaknesses are. RBC-Ukraine ha…

Russia is moving quickly to develop a space-based internet network that could eliminate the advantage Starlink gives Ukraine on the battlefield. But experts say Russia's satellite internet is likely to have one major weakness in a war.

·Vilnius, Lithuania
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Huge Russian project: Compares to nuclear weapons program “If we fail to do this, it will be the same as if we had not created the atomic bomb or not won the Great Patriotic War,” says pro-Russian war blogger Kirill Fyodorov on a TV broadcast in Russia earlier this summer. Fyodorov believes it is absolutely crucial that Russia is able to scale up and put its own version of Starlink into operation. Starlink provides Ukrainian forces with lightni…

The expert told Liga.net who will be able to use the Russian “Rasvet”

·Kyiv, Ukraine
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Russia's attempt to build its own Starlink analogue was threatened because of one hidden fact that Moscow would rather not advertise.

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Lietuvos Radijas ir Televizija broke the news in Vilnius, Lithuania on Friday, August 21, 2026.
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