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Russian authorities, seeking to tighten control over a region it controls in Ukraine, now appear to be directing Internet access there through its own digital infrastructure, where it is “likely” to be “monitored and censored” by Moscow, according to the global Internet. monitor.
The reported activity in the Kherson region comes days after Russian troops used tear gas and stunning grenades to quell a pro-Ukrainian protest on the streets of its administrative center.
NetBlocks, a London-based Internet monitor, first said on Saturday that it “tracked an almost complete Internet outage in the occupied Kherson region of southern Ukraine, affecting a number of Ukrainian providers, including Ukrtelecom, Kyivstar and Volia.”
People are seen fleeing after tear gas was fired at a pro-Ukrainian rally in Kherson on Wednesday (April 27th). (Reuters)
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The next day, regional provider Khersontelecom partially restored access, “but network connectivity is routed through Russia’s Internet instead of Ukraine’s telecommunications infrastructure and is therefore likely already subject to Russian Internet regulation, surveillance and censorship,” NetBlocks said.
“Indicators show that Khersontelecom’s traffic has been diverted to the Miranda supplier, which serves the Russian-occupied Crimea and which in turn is supplied by the upstream supplier Rostelecom in Russia,” he added.
People fled the rally in Kherson on Wednesday, April 27. (Reuters)
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Ukraine has admitted that it has lost control of most of the Kherson region, according to Reuters.
Russian-appointed officials there also say parts of the region will start using the Russian ruble as currency this week, the news agency added.
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