Six white trailers, lined up in two rows of three, with one bursting into flames after being struck by an explosive device. This is the scene captured in aerial drone footage shared in mid-June by Serhii Beskrestnov, a Ukrainian electronic warfare expert known by the call sign "Flash", who became an advisor to Ukraine's minister of defence in January 2026. According to Beskrestnov, the video depicts the destruction by the Ukrainian forces of a Russian "electronic warfare system" designed to jam Starlink. The satellite internet service, owned by Elon Musk, was activated in Ukraine back in February 2022 and is widely used by Ukrainian forces, including to operate drones. It relies on a satellite constellation to beam internet access down to satellite dishes, which can be deployed anywhere to distribute connectivity to nearby devices. “Starlink became a game changer for Ukraine because it provided an extremely reliable and easy-to-use communication channel,” said Oleg Kutkov, a Ukrainian engineer who is an expert in the Starlink network. “You can be in the middle of nowhere and in a few minutes, you are getting a high-speed channel, and you can stream real-time videos and your data.”
This is a screenshot of a video posted on Facebook on June 15, 2026, by “Flash”, who said it shows the destruction of a Russian system aimed at jamming Starlink. © Facebook / Serhii Beskrestnov
