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⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a disruption to internet connectivity in Casablanca, #Morocco, falling to 67% of ordinary levels. The incident corresponds to a major power outage attributed to strong winds and storms per utility company SRM Casablanca-Settat.
⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show a decline in internet connectivity across multiple regions of #Ukraine following a series of Russian drone attacks targeting energy infrastructure, described by Ukrenergo as one of the largest attacks on the country's energy system to date 📉
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a significant decline in internet connectivity in parts of occupied Crimea with high impact to Sevastopol, corresponding to power outages after Ukrainian drone attacks target energy infrastructure 🔌
⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show a significant decline in internet connectivity in Zhytomyr Oblast, western #Ukraine, amid renewed Russian drone attacks on energy infrastructure; observed connectivity is now down to 48% of ordinary levels
ℹ️ Confirmed: A power outage has knocked out internet connectivity across much of La Palma, Canary Islands; the losses in service are attributed to severe storms and lightning, with near-total recovery now evident 🔌
⚠️ Update: Crimea remains largely offline more than 16 hours after Ukrainian drone attacks target Taman substation in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, disrupting the supply of electricity to the occupied peninsula.
⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show internet connectivity has been knocked out in occupied Crimea, amid power outages following Ukrainian drone attacks targeting energy infrastructure 🔌
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a disruption to internet connectivity in Zhytomyr Oblast, #Ukraine, corresponding to the third set of power outages this week as Russia's strategy of drone attacks targeting energy infrastructure during the colder months expands westward
⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show an ongoing disruption to North Korea's already limited internet connectivity. The incident corresponds with the loss of international access to websites under the country's .kp domain.
⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show a significant decline in internet connectivity in Donetsk Oblast, Russian-occupied #Ukraine, amid renewed Ukrainian drone attacks on energy infrastructure; observed connectivity is now down to 39% of ordinary levels
⚠️ Confirmed: Russian social media network VK (VKontakte) is currently experiencing a major disruption, with metrics showing connectivity at 56% of ordinary levels. The incident comes amid reports of a Ukrainian drone attack in the vicinity of its St. Petersburg data center
⚠️ Confirmed: Live network data show a significant reduction in internet connectivity across the US territory of #Guam corresponding to power outages as Category 4-equivalent Super Typhoon #Champi passes the island; observed connectivity is now down to 41% of ordinary levels
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a decline in internet connectivity in Sri Lanka corresponding to a nationwide power outage as energy grid operator NSO reports a total system failure linked to instability in the national transmission network
⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show a significant disruption to internet connectivity in Vinnytsia, #Ukraine, following Russia's latest wave of attacks targeting energy infrastructure, as authorities impose emergency power shutdowns across the country
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a significant disruption to internet connectivity in Zhytomyr Oblast, western #Ukraine, corresponding to power outages after Russian drone attacks targeting energy and transport infrastructure 📉
⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show a decline in internet connectivity in Volyn Oblast, western #Ukraine, corresponding to power outages after an onslaught of deadly Russian drone attacks targeting energy infrastructure overnight 🔌
📉 ICYMI: No signs of recovery as Yandex suffers a sustained connectivity loss consistent with extensive infrastructure damage after Ukrainian drone strikes on key data centers in Sasovo and Vladimir. The Russian tech giant has issued a bleak outlook to users at home and abroad.
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics indicate restrictions to TikTok, Instagram and Twitter/X web platforms on multiple internet providers in #Azerbaijan corroborating user reports of difficulty accessing social media. The incident comes amid protests over the regulation of hijabs in schools.
⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show a major disruption to internet connectivity in parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, #Pakistan, as President Zardari imposes emergency rule, suspending the provincial government led by jailed former PM Imran Khan's PTI amid protests demanding his release
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a second collapse in the networks of Russian tech giant Yandex after a new Ukrainian drone attack on data centers in Vladimir this morning. The campaign comes not long after Russia's threat to give Ukraine a "digital detox."