No credible reports indicate that Starlink was used in Russian ship attack

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Title: No credible reports indicate that Starlink was used in Russian ship attack
URL: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/may/05/facebook-posts/no-credible-reports-indicate-starlink-was-used-rus/
Publisher: PolitiFact
Date published: May 5, 2022
Description:

• There are no credible government or media reports that indicate the Starlink satellite service was used to facilitate the attack on the Russian ship Moskva.

• The Russian government did not order the destruction of the Starlink satellite service. That claim originated on a fraudulent website falsely identifying itself as the official website of a Russian political party.

Our ruling
A Facebook post says, “Space X’s Starlink internet constellation has angered Russia as it was reported that the Starlink satellite constellation was used to guide the fire” on the Russian ship Moskva.

But there are no credible government or media reports that indicate the Starlink service was involved in the attack on Moskva. The claim that a Russian official ordered the destruction of the Starlink satellite service originated on a fraudulent website.

We rate this claim False.

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