The Starlink logo is seen on a mobile device with a Ukrainian flag in the background.
The Starlink logo on a mobile device with the colors of the Ukrainian flag in the background.
  • Starlink terminals are being widely used by Russian forces in Ukraine, The Wall Street Journal reported.
  • A shadowy black market is enabling this, despite Elon Musk's attempts to limit their military use.
  • Terminals are also being exported from Russia to countries like Sudan, via complex channels, it found.

Starlink terminals are being sold, shipped, and used in occupied Ukraine through a complex black market that also stretches as far as Sudan, The Wall Street Journal reported.