Overview
- Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said people in border districts “quite often” die because mobile internet outages prevent drone alerts from reaching them.
- Reading residents’ messages during a live Q&A, he relayed calls to “sue” Roskomnadzor over shutdowns and said he agrees with the public’s outrage.
- An official summary of the session noted persistent connectivity problems in both the regional capital and frontline areas.
- Russia has tightened controls in recent weeks, including partial restrictions on Telegram and “white list” mobile internet regimes that allow only approved sites, which users say frequently fail.
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov defended shutdowns as necessary for public safety against increasingly sophisticated Ukrainian attack methods.