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Ukraine’s foreign minister announced on August 28 that Kyiv has formally asked a United Nations agency to block a Russian satellite communications system from operating over Ukrainian territory, arguing that Moscow intends to use it for military purposes.
Andrii Sybiha said that Ukraine submitted a formal note to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Radiocommunication Bureau through its Permanent Mission to the UN and other international organizations in Geneva.
The request seeks to exclude Ukraine’s national territory from the declared service areas of all Rassvet satellite networks across all frequency bands, according to the minister.
“The purpose for Russia to use such satellites over the territory of Ukraine is absolutely clear and it has nothing to do with civilian purposes,” Sybiha wrote on X, adding that Moscow intends to use the system to support its military effort.
Sybiha called on international partners to support Ukraine’s position and take measures to block Rassvet from functioning over their own sovereign territories.
Rassvet is being developed by the Russian firm Bureau 1440 as a domestic alternative to SpaceX’s Starlink. According to Ukrainian military intelligence, firm plans to launch 292 satellites by 2027, when the system is expected to become commercially available.
The system is already providing limited operational capability. Tracking data from the N2YO service indicates the Russian satellites pass over Ukraine four times a day, providing at least two stable “communication windows” daily, each lasting over an hour.
The Ukrainian complaint reflects the desperation and panic in Kyiv from the Russian Rassvet network, as the ITU has neither the technical capability nor the legal authority to stop the project.
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