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Russia proper is geofenced and cannot use Starlink at all
Russian citizens and individual members of militias/armed forces are buying terminals (via smugglers) and using them within Ukraine
Short of blocking the Russia side of the front line as it changes daily, they can play whack-a-mole with terminals used by Russian/aligned forces