ℹ️ Update: Internet connectivity has been restored on McLaut, the largest provider in #Cherkasy Oblast, central #Ukraine, after a cyberattack was mitigated by the company's engineers; the incident left many in the region offline for hours.

⚠️Confirmed: A power outage has knocked out internet connectivity across Kyiv Oblast including #Vyshneve after explosions reported in Kyiv, Ukraine tonight; real-time metrics show connectivity falling to 85% of ordinary levels from ~1:30 a.m. local time; incident ongoing 📉 🔌

📰 Background: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disruptions-registered-as-russia-moves-in-on-ukraine-W80p4k8K

ℹ️ Update: Internet access remains impacted more than 16 hours after an attack on #Vyshneve, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, resulted in power outages; live network data show connectivity starting to recover after regional levels fell to 85%

📰 Background: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disruptions-registered-as-russia-moves-in-on-ukraine-W80p4k8K

The disruption incident had high impact to connectivity #Vyshneve, where a transformer supplying power to various districts of Kyiv was damaged.

The attacks are believed to have targeted a plant producing Neptune missiles which allegedly sank Russia's Black Sea flagship #Moskva.

⚠️Confirmed: Russia's crackdown on news websites continues, with metrics showing the restriction of RFI (Radio France Internationale) and the Moscow Times Russian edition upon requests from the Prosecutor General's Office to Roskomnadzor.

📰 Background: https://netblocks.org/reports/twitter-and-facebook-restricted-in-russia-amid-conflict-with-ukraine-JBZrogB6

ℹ️ Update: Internet access has been largely restored in #Vyshneve, Ukraine, some 20 hours after a Russian missile strike caused a major power outage, disrupting service in the region. Real-time network data show connectivity now back up to 97% of ordinary levels 📈

⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a multi-hour internet outage in the city of #Brovary near Kyiv, Ukraine, amid reports of Russian missile strikes earlier this morning; mayor says water and energy infrastructure has been targeted.

📰 Background: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disruptions-registered-as-russia-moves-in-on-ukraine-W80p4k8K

⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show that the website of Human Rights Watch is now unreachable on multiple providers in #Russia, after a partial ban issued by the Prosecutor General's Office understood to relate to civilian deaths in Ukraine.

📰 Background: https://netblocks.org/reports/twitter-and-facebook-restricted-in-russia-amid-conflict-with-ukraine-JBZrogB6

ℹ️Confirmed: Network data show a brief but significant collapse in connectivity on the largest internet provider of #Cherkasy Oblast, #Ukraine on Wednesday evening; Operator Mclaut reports a denial of service cyberattack the second time this month affecting internet services 📉📈

📰 Background: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disruptions-registered-as-russia-moves-in-on-ukraine-W80p4k8K

⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show a disruption to internet connectivity in #Kharkiv, northeast Ukraine, attributed to a loss of service on Maxnet; the incident comes as the provider reports damage to equipment sustained from combat activity.

📰 Background: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disruptions-registered-as-russia-moves-in-on-ukraine-W80p4k8K

⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show a collapse in service on #Kharkiv internet provider Maxnet in northeast #Ukraine, with connectivity levels flatlining as the operator reports combat damage to the city's power infrastructure.

📰 Background: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disruptions-registered-as-russia-moves-in-on-ukraine-W80p4k8K

ℹ️ Update: Internet access has been partially restored on provider Maxnet in #Kharkiv, northeast Ukraine, following a total loss of connectivity attributed to power outages amid combat. However, service remains significantly degraded.

📰 Background: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disruptions-registered-as-russia-moves-in-on-ukraine-W80p4k8K

⚠️ Confirmed: Real-time network data show regional disruptions to internet connectivity in #France on multiple providers leaving users in parts of the country offline; the incident is being attributed by operators and authorities to acts of sabotage on fibre infrastructure 📉

ℹ️ Note: WhatsApp is currently experiencing outages in multiple countries; incident not related to country-level internet restrictions or filtering #WhatsAppDown

⚠️ Confirmed: A power outage has knocked out internet connectivity in several provinces of #Afghanistan including Kabul; live network data show national connectivity falling to 85% of ordinary levels as officials report explosion of electricity transmission towers in Parwan 📉⚡

⚠️ Confirmed: #Kherson in occupied south Ukraine is now in the midst of a near-total internet blackout; real-time network data show the loss of service on multiple providers as one company says incident is "unfortunately not an accident" 📉

📰 Background: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disruptions-registered-as-russia-moves-in-on-ukraine-W80p4k8K

⚠️ Update: Internet has been largely cut across Kherson Oblast for some 18 hours on multiple providers; the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, citing its goal to keep the country online, has accused Russia of shutting down access.

📰 Background: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disruptions-registered-as-russia-moves-in-on-ukraine-W80p4k8K

See also, traceroute metrics showing that Ukraine's internet provider Skynet (Khersontelecom) is now routing via Russia's Miranda and Rostelecom rather than Ukranian telecom infrastructure following the region's occupation by Russia

В оккупированном российскими военными Херсоне местный интернет-провайдер SkyNET перешел на сеть Ростелекома вместо украинской инфраструктуры, сообщает проект NetBlocks, мониторящий работу интернет-соединений.

Провайдер частично восстановил подключение к интернету.

Ранее, 30 апреля, в Херсонской области перестал работать мобильный интернет и мобильная связь на территориях, находящихся под контролем российских войск.

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