The U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency assesses that Ukraine regains territory following actions that disrupted Russia’s use of portable Starlink terminals. According to the reporting, a Ukrainian offensive earlier this year resulted in the recapture of roughly 400 square kilometers of territory, after thousands of Starlink units used by Russian forces were disabled. The assessments attribute part of the change in battlefield momentum to the reduction of Russia’s communications and connectivity enabled by those terminals. Ukrainian officials said the shutdown of Starlink service for the affected units—coordinated through Ukraine’s digital and telecommunications efforts—was carried out alongside other battlefield measures, including the use of drones. Bloomberg and Kyiv Post both cite U.S. intelligence findings that link the deactivation of the Starlink terminals to the territorial gains, while also noting that the broader offensive included additional tactics. The outlets do not provide independently verified details beyond the U.S. intelligence estimate and Ukrainian statements, but they present a consistent figure for the area retaken and the central mechanism described as the disruption of Russian Starlink usage.