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Ukraine Pushes For Russia To Be Unplugged From The Internet

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Published 00:57 2 Mar 2022 GMT

Ukraine Pushes For Russia To Be Unplugged From The Internet

Ukrainian officials have called on internet domain nonprofit ICANN to wipe Russian domains and access from the global web.

Rachel Lang

Rachel Lang

Ukraine is stepping up its cyber war with Russia and is now essentially trying to disconnect their enemy from the internet.

Rolling Stone reports the Ukrainian government wrote to ICANN to ask them to 'revoke domains issued in Russia and shut down primary Domain Name System servers in the country'.

The news outlet says if that was approved then it 'would effectively bar access to Russian internet sites, with the potential for knocking the entire country offline'.

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ICANN spokeswoman Angelina Lopez told reporters at CNBC that they had ‘received the letter and are reviewing it’, but would not comment any further on the matter.

If Russian sites and users were removed from the world wide web, it would be an unprecedented move against the country.

It would not only prevent digital attacks from Moscow to the outside world but it would also block online propaganda and troll farms based in Russia.

The call comes after Ukraine’s Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov called on tech billionaire Elon Musk to hook the country up to Starlink after Russia knocked out internet access in large chunks of Ukraine.

Musk responded swiftly, providing satellite internet access to Ukraine and shipping additional Starlink terminals to the government to ensure further connectivity for the Ukrainian people.

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Internet provision in Ukraine has been disrupted amid the Russian invasion, with the UK-based cybersecurity watchdog NetBlocks reporting that connectivity to Ukraine’s main provider GigaTrans dropped to below 20 percent of normal levels in the early hours of Friday last week.

Starlink is a space-based system of satellites that SpaceX has been building for years to bring internet access to underserved areas of the world. It refers to its dishes as 'terminals'.

Earlier this year, Musk said SpaceX had 1,469 Starlink satellites active, along with 272 moving to operational orbits soon. 

Mykhailo Fedorov has also called on multiple global brands to impose other digital sanctions on Russian users for ‘as long as tanks and missiles attack our kindergartens and hospitals’.

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta (Facebook and Instagram) responded in a statement that their platforms would support Ukraine by establishing a specialist operations centre staffed by Russian and Ukrainian native speakers for those who need help. 

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Additional safety features have also been added, and there is an intensified focus on the spread of misinformation.

Google, Youtube, Dmarket, Visa, and Mastercard were all called upon to impose similar restrictions to Russian users.

Featured Image Credit: Russian Government/Alamy Stock Photo

Topics: Russia, Ukraine, Technology, Elon Musk

Rachel Lang
Rachel Lang

Rachel Lang is a Digital Journalist at LADbible. During her career, she has interviewed Aussie PM Malcolm Turnbull in the lead up to the 2016 federal election, ran an editorial campaign on the war in Yemen, and reported on homelessness in the lead-up to Harry and Meghan’s wedding in Windsor. She also once wrote a yarn on the cheese and wine version of Fyre Festival.

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