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ℹ️ Update: Connectivity has returned to #Ukraine internet backbone provider GigaTrans following a significant disruption. The incident comes amid fighting around #Vasylkiv and capital city #Kyiv and a series of cuts and outages since Thursday. It is unclear if service will be sustained.

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

⚠️ Confirmed: Live metrics show that Twitter has been restricted on multiple providers in #Russia as of 9:00 a.m. UTC; the incident comes as the government clashes with social media platforms over policy in relation to the #Ukraine conflict 📉

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

⚠️ Confirmed: Various #Russia government websites including the Kremlin, State Duma and Ministry of Defense are again down, with real-time network data showing impact to FSO networks consistent with previous cyberattacks. The incident comes as Russia continues to invade Ukraine.

ℹ️ Confirmed: App analytics data show that the #Russia state-owned media outlet RT has been removed from the Google Play Store in #Ukraine. The takedown is at the request of the government in Kyiv. RT remains available on Apple's App Store.

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

⚠️ Confirmed: Facebook content servers are now restricted on #Russia's leading internet providers; the incident comes shortly after the restriction of Twitter as Russia clashes with social media companies over the invasion of Ukraine 📉

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

ℹ️ Commercial satellite operator Viasat is investigating a suspected cyberattack that caused a partial outage of its KA-SAT network in Europe.

Network data indicate that the incident began on 24 February ~4 a.m. UTC and is currently ongoing 📉

📰 https://news.sky.com/story/satellite-giant-viasat-probes-suspected-broadband-cyberattack-amid-russia-fears-12554004

⚠️ Update: Internet connectivity has collapsed in #Sievierodonetsk, the acting administrative centre of Luhansk Oblast, #Ukraine; friends and family report no contact with loved ones in recent hours 📉

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

⚠️ Confirmed: The island state of #Tasmania in #Australia has fallen largely offline, with internet, phone lines and TV services down after an incident affecting fibre cables to the mainland; real-time network data show connectivity at 30% of ordinary levels; incident ongoing 📉

A spokesperson for Telstra says the operator is urgently investigating two separate cable cuts on the main routes into #Tasmania that have largely disconnected the island from mainland Australia and the rest of the world.

ℹ️ Update: #Tasmania has come back online after a technical incident knocked out most internet and telephony service, disconnecting the island state from mainland #Australia and the rest of the world; incident duration ~7 hours

Welcome back! 📈

🛰 SpaceX #Starlink has been activated in #Ukraine. The technology won't reconnect entire populations but it does give journalists, resistance groups and the elected government a fighting chance to stay online.

🖋 Chelsea Gohd writes for Space.com

https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-terminals-arrive-ukraine-elon-musk-russia

ℹ️ Confirmed: App analytics data show that #Russia state-controlled media outlets RT and Sputnik have been removed from the #Apple App Store everywhere except Russia. The removals come amid a global backlash against the invasion of Ukraine.

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

⚠️ Update: Internet disruptions are being registered on #Ukraine provider #Kyivstar, who report ~500 base stations disabled due to power and infrastructure damage; outages may limit coverage from #Melitopol and other cities resisting occupation

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