Starlink kit found amid wreckage of Russian drone

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Report: Starlink kit found amid wreckage of Russian drone
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The Starlink probably only works once the drone enters Ukraine. Disabling Starlink in that area would cut off the Ukrainian military too. The internet traffic could easily be routed through a VPN in another country, so blocking Russian IP addresses on Starlink wouldn't work either.

If Starlink is the internet provider, aren't they providing the IP address? If they are how would a VPN trick Starlink since the equipment has to connect to Starlink first?

Whitelist/allowlist for this region comes to my mind. But probably some other specific problems would arise from this too. Hmm...