Russians are buying starlink equipment from the same place Ukrainians are; paying the same way, using the same way and in the same country.
It's not working in Russia, The company doesn't ship there, and doesn't accept payment from Russian banks or cards
Till today starlink doesn't work there in Crimea unless you use equipment bought by the Pentagon.
The Crimea sanctions aren't gone. And at that time the US refused to allow Ukraine use it's weapons in Crimea
And I feel I'm arguing with someone who doesn't know how Satellite Internet works, what spot beams are or how starlink dishes are bought in Ukraine.
I'll give you a clue. If you buy a dish at a supermarket in any country starlink operates, sign up for a roaming plan and enter Ukraine it will work. Just like any other global satellite Internet provider.
A stronger clue? No one involved has talked about it. And we don't even know if it's real.
Nothing from Ukraine, the State Department, the Pentagon, or SpaceX. Not one word.
This is an ongoing issue left over from stories earlier this year of Russia using Starlink. Something both Ukraine and the Pentagon are saying SpaceX is proactive in cooperation.
Unless you're asking SpaceX to turn off Starlink in Ukraine period.
One way to limit this issue right now is to cut the speed of mobility below 100 km/hr. I don't know if it can be done locally only.
Moreso this is a situation where data is being given to Ukraine and the Pentagon. Likely live (SpaceX sells monitoring dashboards to Enterprise customers) so they can work with that data