Wired: Russia Is Taking Over [portions of] Ukraine’s Internet

[Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com>]

As always, complicated things are complicated.  After Crimea was annexed 
by Russia, they learned the importance of controlling the 
telecommunications infrastructure.  No, Russia did not cut a submarine 
cable, because there was no submarine cable connecting Crimea.

In the old days, pre-1960s, invaders & revolutionaries would take over the 
capital city AM/shortwave radio station.  Now they take over the ISPs and
telecommunications.


Russia Is Taking Over Ukraine’s Internet
In occupied Ukraine, people’s internet is being routed to Russia—and 
subjected to its powerful censorship and surveillance machine.

https://www.wired.com/story/ukraine-russia-internet-takeover/

[...]
Technical analysis confirms that the connections are switching. Internet 
monitoring company Cloudflare has observed KhersonTelecom’s traffic 
passing through Miranda Media for more than two weeks in June. Doug 
Madory, director of internet analysis at monitoring firm Kentik, has 
observed around half a dozen networks in Kherson connecting to the 
provider. “It's not a one-time thing,” Madory says. “Every couple of days, 
there's another company getting switched over to Russian transit from 
Ukraine.”
[...]