russia Is preparing Temporarily Occupied Territories for Internet Shutdown

The russian occupying administration has begun informing the local population of temporarily occupied Crimea about a complete shutdown of mobile internet.

Formally, this is explained by “security considerations” and “prevention of cyber sabotage”, but in reality it is part of a broader strategy to integrate Crimea into russia’s information control and censorship system, as well as to isolate it from both Ukrainian and global information space.

Besides, the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine has been recording numerous cases of artificial restrictions on internet access in the temporarily occupied territories of Zaporizhzhia, Luhansk, Donetsk, and Kherson regions.

In July 2025 alone, 2,099 cases of internet shutdowns were recorded in russia – an absolute russian record.