Pakistan, July 25 -- A major Starlink outage disrupted battlefield communications for Ukrainian forces, causing a two-and-a-half-hour blackout overnight, according to a senior commander. The outage occurred due to an internal software failure at SpaceX, affecting tens of thousands of users worldwide. Ukrainian military units heavily rely on Starlink for secure communications and drone operations, especially due to its resistance to jamming and surveillance.

Commander Robert Brovdi, who leads Ukraine's drone forces, posted on Telegram that Starlink had gone down "across the entire front" late Thursday night. He later updated that the issue was fixed by around 1:05 a.m. Friday. Brovdi emphasized that the incident exposed a critical weaknes...