Residents of the bordering Ukraine of the Rostov region are complaining of a sharp decrease in net speed. The Ministry of Digital Circuit improvement confirmed that the slowdown was the work of the authorities. The decision was explained by the request for “safety” of residents.
An appeal to the ministry was lodged by 1 of the users. He pointed out that mobile net works poorly from midnight to 5:00 in the morning. What's more, According to him, this has been happening for 4 months.. erstwhile asked about the time limit for the abolition of restrictions, the ministry replied that this would happen erstwhile the "hazard" for residents disappeared. However, no specifics were given.
The authorities of another confederate region of Russia, the Astrakhan region, warned against akin restrictions. They explained the slowdown of the mobile net "the operational request to guarantee safety and counter terrorist threats".
The governor's press service noted that the velocity of data transmission could be reduced throughout the circuit ‘without prior notification to subscribers’. The period during which these restrictions will apply has not been specified. The authorities ask residents of Astrachania and the surrounding area to "accept this with understanding" and call the slowing down of the net "a forced measure", without giving any details.
Last January the mobile net was completely disabled for respective consecutive nights in north-western Russia: in the regions of Leningrad, Novgorod and Pskov. The restrictions were linked to the visit of Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenkowho was to participate in events involving Vladimir Putin.
RBK tv sources reported that the mobile net was shut down to guarantee the safety of top officials due to the threat of drone attacks. On the another hand, the heads of the abovementioned regions explained these activities ‘reconfiguring broadcasting frequencies’.
The Rostov Oblast is regularly attacked by Ukrainian drones. There are Millerowo and Morozovsk military airports, as well as fuel and power facilities and companies of the military-industrial complex, including Rosret Atlas plant, which supplies the army with oil products.
In the Astrachan region is 1 of the largest gas processing plants in the country. It was already twice the mark of attacks by the Ukrainian army in 2025.
