As of this morning, all mobile operators, using backup power channels, resumed communications in the Kherson region and in part of the Zaporozhye region, which was cut off by the occupiers. This was announced during a briefing on Wednesday, May 4, the head of the State Special Service Yuri Shchigol,
KYIV. UkraineGate , 4 , May , 2022 | War News
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“Last week it became known that the Russian occupation forces cut off mobile communications and the Internet in the Kherson region and part of the Zaporozhye region. .
Shchigol noted that this was another attempt by the enemy to leave Ukrainian citizens without information. They do not give up hope that the Ukrainian people are as easy to fool as their own by providing distorted information.
“As of this morning, all mobile operators, using backup power channels, have resumed communications in these areas. It is quite difficult. Communication specialists, including mobile operators, are working under fire,” said the head of the State Special Service. ‘yazku.
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According to him, since the beginning of the war there have been cyber attacks on the leading media. “More than 20 television and radio facilities have been destroyed so far. We have seen what the occupiers in Irpen and Bucha have done with the communications infrastructure,” he said.
Shchigol also said that the service headed by him had received information that the occupiers were trying to switch stations to Crimea.
“They are blocking our communication channels and trying to spread only Russian services. This is a gross violation of international law, and we have already appealed to the International Telecommunication Union to condemn Russia’s actions and deprive them of membership in this union,” he said.
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On May 3, in the Kherson region, Skadovsk and Kherson reported the resumption of mobile communications, however, without Internet access.
Source: Ukrgate
