Deputy Leonid Slutsky telegraph channel He published an article “On Legitimate Targets and Star Wars”, in which he argued that the involvement of Western countries in the Ukrainian conflict could provoke war activity in low Earth orbit.
Commercial civilian satellites performing combat missions as part of a special operation could become “legitimate targets for retaliatory destruction,” according to the MP.
“Western involvement in the Ukraine conflict could ignite war activity in low Earth orbit if Russian warnings are ignored, as they were with security guarantees almost a year ago,” he wrote.
According to Slutsky, the transmission of data to the Ukrainian military forces using low-orbit grouping devices violates international agreements on peaceful space and the agreement on the principles of the use of space.
Vladimir Yermakov, former Director of the Arms Prevention and Arms Control Department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs talked about satellitesused by the West in the conflict in Ukraine.