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The jam station interfered with Starlink satellite communications
The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed another Russian radio-electronic warfare system, the Volna Kupol Garant, which jammed Starlink satellite communications—this time in Gelendzhik in Krasnodar Krai. This is reported by Glavkom, citing the analytical project Dnipro Osint.
What is known about the damage
The installation was destroyed on the territory of military unit №2156 in Gelendzhik. Satellite images from 7 August, analyzed by Dnipro Osint, corroborate this. This is the third publicly confirmed case of destruction of a station of this type.
photo: Dnipro Osint
How the Volna Kupol Garant works
The system directs a narrowband high-frequency radio beam that overloads the satellites’ receiving antennas, thereby blocking their ability to receive user signals in the area of operation. The installation creates interference across eight satellite data transmission bands 14–14,5 GHz, each of width 62,5 MHz, using phased antenna arrays.
“Russians have roughly taken eight satellite dishes, aimed them at a satellite, and each is transmitting interference on its channel,” explained Serhiy Beskrestnov (Fleš), adviser to the Ukrainian defense minister on technological directions. According to him, one station provides protection for an area of about 20 square kilometers.
Importantly, Volna does not inflict physical damage on the satellite itself—it blocks the ability of a particular device to service ground terminals only during the period of irradiation.
Radiopaque domes of the Volna-Kupol-Garant EW station.
photo: Serhiy Fleš
Who makes the system and how much does it cost
Details about the EW project “Russian Kupol” first emerged in 3 in March 2025, when the head of the occupation administration of Crimea, Sergei Aksionov, spoke about it. The installation is produced by the eponymous enterprise registered in Simferopol, and the cost of one unit is estimated at about 150 million rubles. The same developer also created the “Volna 3M” system for suppressing satellite navigation of drones, which Russians installed on Mi-8AMTSh helicopters.
Despite technical complexity, the station has a significant vulnerability: SpaceX instantaneously detects interference in communication channels, and partner countries’ signals intelligence satellites detect strong emissions—facilitating target discovery by the Armed Forces.
Damage to the Volna Kupol Garant EW complex in Gelendzhik
screenshot from a video
This is not the first destruction of such a system
15 June 422-th standalone drone system battalion, together with the Security Service of Ukraine, destroyed a satellite-jamming station, and 24 June the Volna Kupol Garant installation was struck in the occupied Kerch.
Recall that Russia spent millions of dollars on deploying complexes to jam Starlink, but this did not stop Ukrainian strikes deep inside Russia. And in June analysts reported Russia’s use of a new Starlink jamming system.
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