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I imagine it is illegal for Starlink to not geofence service to prevent Russians using it for exactly that purpose. Sanctions still exist, after all.
I would not be surprised if US intelligence quietly asked Starlink to please let the Russians keep using Starlink, so long as they get to listen in.
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Starlink has been supporting Russia over Ukraine (congressional investigation into this). So I would bet against Russia, but you never know. Could be rouge. Anonymous has promised in the past to mess with Musk... could be that. Well funded and some crazy good hackers.
In terms of actual actions, Starlink has done a lot more for Ukraine than almost anyone else, since early on. Musk says stuff from time to time in order to try to keep Putin from noticing this, and pushing him out of a window or something. But his actions are that he let Ukraine use Starlink for over a year for free, and they still use it widely today.
Everyone on this thread is so smart. I don’t have anything to add except a funny story. My Starlink went out right when I was scheduled to join a meeting today at 2:15 CST.
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It's essentially impossible for anyone to disable the Starlink network by "taking out satellites" through physical means. There aren't enough anti satellite missiles in the world to make a dent, it would cost trillions to manufacture enough, and SpaceX can launch satellites faster than anyone could manufacture interceptors anyway. And Kessler syndrome is impossible at the altitudes Starlink uses. Cyberattack is the o…
Taking out GNSS satellites would probably also effectively take out starlink. User terminals rely on GNSS for timing and position and I wouldn't be surprised if the satellites did too.