Dozens Of Russian Cities Have Had Their Internet Turned Off

The Internet was "almost completely" shut down by the authorities of Mordovia and Saransk.

Internet disruptions continue in dozens of Russian settlements in the central regions of Russia amid massive Ukrainian drone attacks. Baza reported that the matter concerns at least 30 cities and towns in the Yaroslavl, Tver, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Tula, Leningrad, Kaluga and Kursk regions, as well as in St. Petersburg and Moscow, where internet outages began on Monday due to the rehearsal of the Victory Day parade, The Moscow Times.

In addition, the internet was "almost completely" shut down by the authorities of Mordovia and Saransk - due to a nighttime attack by AFU drones on the Optical Fiber Systems enterprise, Saransk Mechanical Plant and Saranskkabel-Optika plant. Astra writes with reference to readers that there is no access to the Internet also in the Vladimir region, Voronezh, Orel and Taganrog.

Mobile Internet at night disappeared, in addition to the above-mentioned cities, also in Kursk, according to Mash. In the settlements where the danger of drones was announced, payment terminals, validators in public transport, electronic boards, ATMs and delivery services stopped working. Moreover, in many cities problems with the Internet began in the afternoon of May 6, and by evening the connection disappeared altogether, the channel writes.

In the morning on Wednesday about mass failures reported and residents of the Moscow region, as well as the capital of the Russian Federation. In some areas ATMs do not work, in some stores stopped accepting payment by card, in addition, there are problems with food delivery. People are sent messages informing about possible Internet outages during the period from May 7 to May 9.

"RIA Novosti" confirmed the information about inaccessibility of a number of services for Muscovites. According to the agency, customers are notified about disruptions in mobile Internet and communication by telecom operators, cab and bank applications, as well as food delivery services and clothing stores. They note that the inconvenience will last until May 9.

These are the resources of Yandex, Bilain, MTS, online cinema IVI, Sberbank, Samokat and other services. Lamoda warned that on May 7-9 in Moscow expected restrictions on courier delivery, "VkusVill" reported the suspension for the holidays express delivery of products and payment by card to the courier. Mosgortrans recommends passengers of public transport to replenish the card "Troika" before the holidays. According to the information of Deptrans, from May 7 to May 9 in the capital will also be introduced restrictions on the movement and parking of cabs, carsharing, electric scooters and bicycles.

The day before the Internet outage due to UAV raids was reported by residents of Tula and Kursk regions. Subscribers of all major operators - MTS, "Bilayn", "Megafon" and T2 - faced interruptions. As explained by the head of the "Society for the Protection of the Internet" Mikhail Klimareva, the AFU install modems with Russian SIM cards on their drones. On the way, the drone connects to mobile communication stations to adjust its flight and transmit intelligence via the Internet. According to the authorities, blocking the mobile Internet prevents enemy drones from operating, the expert said.

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