On October 30, 2026, Fire Point CEO Iryna Terekh said the company’s systems are designed to complete missions without a satellite link, with navigation that works without external signals a priority. She made the claim in a Reuters interview reproduced by Ukrainska Pravda.
What Terekh’s 15–20% estimate compares
Terekh estimated that the workaround would probably cover 15–20% of what Fire Point could do if Starlink worked over Russia. The figure compares the workaround’s capability with that Starlink-enabled baseline. Terekh did not disclose how the workaround works.
The reported Starlink restriction context
The statement came amid reports of restrictions affecting Starlink and Starshield equipment used by Ukraine. Ukrainska Pravda reported that Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the equipment stopped working at speeds of 130–161 km/h in some front-line sectors, affecting logistics and drone use.
