ℹ️ Note: Internet connectivity has been restored in after an outage with high impact to leading provider Virgin Media in London, also affecting Sky and other operators; the incident saw regional connectivity on Virgin fall to 67% of ordinary levels 📉📈

⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show internet disrupted in multiple regions of #Ukraine amid reports of Russian missile attacks targeting energy infrastructure; live network data indicate high impact to #Zhytomyr, with #Kyiv and #Dnipro also affected

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

🗞 #Korea Internet giant Kakao’s Co-CEO has resigned this morning over widespread criticism after outages due to fire at the SK C&C datacenter in Pangyo south of Seoul; the incident knocked offline Kakao’s messaging, payment, banking, gaming and ride-hailing apps for ~11 hours 🔥

⚠️ Confirmed: Live network data show a significant decline in internet connectivity in the U.S. Virgin Islands; the incident is attributed to a loss of power generation capacity at Randolph Harley Power Plant affecting multiple feeders reported by the Water & Power Authority ⚡️📉

ℹ️ Confirmed: Metrics show that Ukraine's energy company Ukrenergo has implemented the first of a schedule of rolling power blackouts in Kyiv Oblast, with network connectivity falling to 81% of ordinary levels in Kyiv City; the measure follows Russian attacks on key infrastructure 🕯️

Since Monday 10 October, Russia has unleashed a series of missile attacks targeting critical infrastructure in multiple regions of #Ukraine including Kyiv. Ukrenergo has introduced rolling electricity supply shutdowns during repairs.

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

⚠️ Note: Metrics show that government networks in the Shetland Islands have been impacted by an internet disruption that has knocked much of the Scottish archipelago offline, with indications of an effort to reconnect critical services; operators report damage to subsea cables 📉

ℹ️ Note: Network data show a multi-hour outage impacting internet provider Free in #Marseille, France, early Wednesday morning; the company attributes the incident to an act of vandalism on its fiber infrastructure causing major service disruptions in the region overnight.

⚠️ Confirmed: Live network data show internet outages in south #Ukraine corresponding to new Russian missile attacks this morning targeting critical infrastructure; the bombardment of civilian energy utilities has intensified since 10 Oct.

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

⚠️ Confirmed: Live metrics show that networks in #Kherson, Ukraine, which had been rerouted to Russia via Russian-Crimean internet provider Miranda, have fallen offline; the incident comes as occupying authorities order residents to evacuate 📉

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

⚠️ Update: Metrics show #Kherson in southern Ukraine has been largely offline for over 24 hours; provider Skynet (Khersontelecom) claims equipment was "transferred" without notice by the Russian-Crimean operator supplying service since the occupation

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

⚠️ Confirmed: Real-time network data show significant losses of connectivity in western #Mexico as Hurricane #Roslyn makes landfall in #Nayarit state; outages are attributed to power cuts and impact to telecoms infrastructure 🌀📉

⚠️ Confirmed: Live network data corroborate reports of a disruption to AKNET and other internet providers in #Kyrgyzstan with high impact to Bishkek; the outages, described by providers as a a technical issue, come amid protests over recent detentions of civil rights activists 📉

ℹ️ Update: Metrics indicate that internet connectivity has been impacted in multiple Central Asian countries including Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Kazakhstan, consistent with an international technical issue.

ℹ️ Note: Messaging app WhatsApp is currently experiencing international outages; incident not related to country-level internet disruptions or filtering #WhatsAppDown

⚠️ Confirmed: Live metrics show a nation-scale internet disruption in #Sudan; the incident comes amid planned pro-democracy protests on the first anniversary of the 25 Oct 2021 military coup that seized power from the transitional government 📉

📰 Report: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disrupted-in-sudan-on-anniversary-of-military-coup-JApxLNAd

ℹ️ Confirmed: Khmelnytskyi Oblast in west #Ukraine is experiencing an unscheduled power outage, with network data showing regional connectivity at 36% of ordinary levels amid efforts to recover from Russian missile strikes on infrastructure

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

ℹ️ Update: Internet connectivity is being restored in #Sudan after service was disrupted on multiple providers amid protests against the military junta and calls for civilian rule, one year after the 25 Oct 2021 coup; incident duration ~8 hours

📰 Report: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disrupted-in-sudan-on-anniversary-of-military-coup-JApxLNAd

ℹ️ Note: Network data show that UK internet provider Sky has been experiencing a significant regional outage with high impact to North West England; the operator reports an unspecified incident affecting multiple exchanges 📉 #SkyDown

⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a regional internet disruption in #Sanandaj and the Kurdistan Province, Iran, in place from Wednesday morning as mourners mark 40th day since the death of #MahsaAmini

📰 Report: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disrupted-in-iran-amid-protests-over-death-of-mahsa-amini-X8qVEwAD