ℹ️ Update: Internet connectivity is being restored in #Iran following a fire at the buildings of the Telecom Infrastructure Company (TIC) which serves as the gateway for network operators in the country; incident duration ~3 hours 📈

Various news sites have become partially or entirely unavailable on multiple internet providers in #Russia. The incidents come as the country's state-aligned media outlets are targeted by the international community.

📰 Further reading: https://scroll.in/latest/1018738/russia-expands-restrictions-on-facebook-and-several-news-websites-including-bbc
📰 Report: https://netblocks.org/reports/twitter-and-facebook-restricted-in-russia-amid-conflict-with-ukraine-JBZrogB6

⚠️ Confirmed: A significant telecoms disruption has been registered in #Kherson Oblast, southern #Ukraine, cutting off many residents from the internet. Fixed-line and mobile networks are affected at the present time.

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

ℹ️ Update: #Russia's telecoms regulator #Roskomnadzor has officially confirmed the decision to ban the Facebook social media network.

The announcement comes almost a week after widespread restrictions to the platform were first observed and corroborated.

⚠️ Confirmed: Major disruption registered on #Ukraine's national telecoms operator #Ukrtelecom; provider reports combat damage impacting service to Chernihiv, Sumy, Kherson, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Rivne, Volyn, Khmelnytsia, Lviv, Ternopil 📉

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

ℹ️ Update: #Ukraine's national telecoms operator #Ukrtelecom has managed to restore many of yesterday's outages, however the provider has just reported new issues in Volyn, Rivnenska and, Transcarpathian, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ternopil, Zaporizhzhya, Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions

⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show a loss a connectivity to the network serving Vodafone in #Energodar, southeast #Ukraine, where users report disruption to mobile services as Russian forces move to occupy #Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.

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

⚠️ Update: The International Atomic Energy Agency says it can no longer get "reliable information" about #Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant following the disconnection of internet and telecommunications networks at the location, per reporter Erin Burnett (h/t @Osinttechnical)

ℹ️ Update: The International Atomic Energy Agency has issued a statement on #Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, noting the contravention of number 7 of the indispensable pillars: “There must be reliable communications with the regulator and others.”

📰 https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/pressreleases/update-13-iaea-director-general-statement-on-situation-in-ukraine

📰 SpaceX is sending more #Starlink terminals to #Ukraine per President Zelensky. “Talked to Elon Musk. I'm grateful to him for supporting Ukraine with words and deeds.”

The device lets owners create internet hotspots that don’t rely on domestic links.

https://www.engadget.com/spacex-sends-more-starlink-terminals-223512511.html

ICYMI: #Iran's internet chokepoint caught fire, caused outages. Digital karma at its finest?

🖋 Laura Dobberstein reports for TheRegister on the risks of infrastructure centralization.

https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/07/iran_internet_outage/

The disconnection of fixed-line internet and some mobile service in and around the #Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in #Ukraine is raising concerns over public safety, with radiation levels no longer published and the IAEA unable to monitor.

📰 Report: https://netblocks.org/reports/disconnection-raises-fears-over-safety-at-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-power-plant-1yPjNKAQ

ℹ️ Note: Twitter is currently experiencing outages in multiple countries; incident not related to country-level internet disruptions or filtering #TwitterDown

📰 Russian forces were hacked after abandoning their encrypted phone system in #Ukraine per investigative journalism organisation Bellingcat. The incident comes as Russia targets 3G internet towers, with concerns raised over nuclear safety at Zaporizhzhia

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/russian-military-being-hacked-after-its-own-soldiers-destroy-3-g-internet-towers-104303881.html

ℹ️ Note: Twitter is again experiencing outages in multiple countries; the issue affects the internal Twitter API used by both the mobile and web versions of the platform; incident not related to country-level internet restrictions or filtering #TwitterDown

In times of crisis, connectivity matters. Here's to all the women working to keep the internet running, secure, and open in the face of new challenges this #InternationalWomensDay and every other day ✊ #IWD2022 

📰 Is #Russia preparing to fall off the global Internet? A set of documents published this week suggests authorities are working to mitigate the impact of a disconnect which could signal a new digital Iron Curtain.

🖋 David Gilbert writes for VICE News

https://www.vice.com/en/article/88gevb/russia-is-preparing-to-cut-itself-off-from-the-global-internet

ℹ️Note: #Spotify users around the world have been logged out of the service and are unable to stream, as chat app #Discord reports API errors resulting in service outages. The incidents come shortly after Twitter experienced intermittent failures #SpotifyDown #DiscordDown

⚠️ Update: The International Atomic Energy Agency says remote data transmission from monitoring systems at #Ukraine's mothballed #Chernobyl nuclear plant has been lost. The incident follows a loss of data from #Zaporizhzhia.

📰 https://netblocks.org/reports/disconnection-raises-fears-over-safety-at-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-power-plant-1yPjNKAQ

📰 https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/pressreleases/update-15-iaea-director-general-statement-on-situation-in-ukraine

⚠️ Update: The 750 kV #Chernobyl-Kyiv high-voltage power line is cut following damage caused by Russia, and the plant cannot cool spent nuclear fuel per #Ukraine's Energoatom.

Remote monitoring links have also been severed

⚠️ Confirmed: Real-time network data corroborate reports of a power blackout in the vicinity of #Chernobyl and #Slavutych, #Ukraine. The incident presents a threat to safety at the mothballed Soviet nuclear power plant per authorities #Славутич

📰 Report: https://netblocks.org/reports/severed-power-line-heightens-safety-at-chernobyl-nuclear-power-plant-eBOQke8Z