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

⚠️ Confirmed: Major internet disruption registered across #Kherson Oblast, southern #Ukraine, with high impact to state provider Ukrtelecom and Volia; incident comes amid reports some 400 citizens were detained by Russia's National Guard 📉

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

ℹ️ Update: Casualties are reported from #Mariupol, southeast #Ukraine, after a Russian airstrike hit a hospital. Metrics show the besieged city has been largely cut off from the internet since early March, limiting the flow of information.

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

⚠️ Update: The IAEA has confirmed that it is no longer receiving data from safeguard systems installed to monitor nuclear material at the Zaporizhzhya and Chernobyl nuclear power plants in #Ukraine.

📰 https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/pressreleases/update-16-iaea-director-general-statement-on-situation-in-ukraine

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

⚠️ Update: Network provider Triolan in #Ukraine is heavily impacted by a major outage attributed by the company to a cyberattack; incident is the second such tracked, with the first observed on the morning of 24 February when invasion began

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

⚠️Confirmed: The Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology in #Ukraine has fallen offline after an attack by Russia. The targeting of the lab which hosts an ADS neutron source is being called an "act of nuclear terrorism" by authorities.

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

⚠️ Confirmed: Major internet disruption registered in #Chernihiv, northern #Ukraine, amid reports of new air strikes; real-time network data show a collapse in connectivity that is likely to limit coverage of events on the ground 📉

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

ℹ️ Russia's internet regulator #Roskomnadzor has announced that #Instagram is to be banned on Monday 14 March 2022 after Meta's decision to allow calls for violence against Russians in certain contexts, giving users two days to migrate 🕛

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

⚠️ Confirmed: Real-time network data show a collapse in connectivity across multiple internet providers in #Sumy, northeastern #Ukraine; incident comes amid reports of a bombardment as humanitarian corridors are established in the region 📉

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

ℹ️ Confirmed: The Eurasia website of rights organization #Amnesty International, which hosts a petition to end Russia's aggression against Ukraine, has been restricted in #Russia. The measure follows social media and news site restrictions.

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

⚠️ Confirmed: Internet disruptions on networks served by government-owned operator TelOne in #Zimbabwe have again limited coverage of opposition rallies and arrests; data corroborate user reports of unexplained outages over the weekend 📉

📰 Previously: https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-slowdown-limits-coverage-of-zimbabwe-opposition-rally-oy9Ykoy3

⚠️ Confirmed: Major internet disruption registered on the Vinasterisk network which serves #Vinnytsia Oblast, western #Ukraine; the operator reports a massive cyberattack with elements of sabotage 📉

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

⚠️ Confirmed: Real-time network data show #Instagram is now restricted in #Russia across multiple providers; the popular social network has been banned by internet regulator Roskomnadzor after similar measures taken against Twitter and Facebook

📰 Report: https://netblocks.org/reports/instagram-restricted-in-russia-as-online-space-continues-to-shrink-JBQXvVAo

ℹ️ Update: Despite attempts to reconnect Slavutych / Chernobyl in northwest #Ukraine after the severing of power lines on 9 March, metrics show that the area remains widely cut off amid reports of further damage to infrastructure by Russia.

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

⚠️ Confirmed: A significant disruption has been registered on multiple networks supplied by #Israel's leading providers Bezeq and Cellcom as the country's defense authorities and National Cyber Directorate reportedly declare a state of emergency 📉

ℹ️ Update: The #Israel Government Network (Tehila Project, AS8867) which hosts several gov·il website domains has become unreachable internationally. Users within the country remain able to access the platforms.

📰 Further Reading: https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/2022/03/14/several-israeli-government-websites-down-reports/

ℹ️ Update: Satellite operator Viasat's KA-SAT network in Europe remains heavily impacted 18 days after it was targeted by an apparent cyberattack, one of several incidents observed as Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine on the morning of 24 Feb 🛰

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

ℹ️ Confirmed: #Cuba is experiencing a moderate disruption to internet connectivity, attributed by state operator ETECSA to a fiber optic cut on a public road in Havana resulting in slow speeds and intermittent access.