Ironically, not being on the war / Ukraine beat, Lopatto *also* rather muddles the USV / Starlink story. They're surface vessels, not subs, and they were reported washing up mysteriously in Crimea around Sept 21, 2022 with apparent Starlink antennas. How they ended up there was a mystery at the time https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2022/09/ukraines-new-weapon-to-strike-russian-navy-in-sevastopol/