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Ukrainian drone attacks are causing blackouts and shutdowns for Russian mobile internet

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A record number of mobile internet shutdowns have been observed.

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The authorities of annexed Crimea have announced that they will randomly shut down mobile internet for several hours or days. This is being done to prevent drone attacks.

Residents of the peninsula are advised by the occupiers to use home or municipal wifi.

In this column, we've previously highlighted the slow degradation of Russian civil aviation, inland shipping, the road network, and the railways. But the internet also regularly crashes due to technical problems. Even when the internet is working, many disruptions occur. In early July, Telegram and WhatsApp crashed simultaneously four times in a row. Shortly thereafter, the Russian authorities announced their intention to ban WhatsApp. On July …

·Antwerp, Belgium
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The Russians get used to a life without a mobile Internet. They make calls via landline and use cash. For three months the World Wide Web has been shut down again and again because of the Ukrainian drone attacks.

·Leipzig, Germany
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LVZ - Leipziger Volkszeitung broke the news in Leipzig, Germany on Monday, August 4, 2025.
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