Overview
- At a press conference, regional minister Oleg Yagfarov said the restrictions have no set end date and will stay in place until the end of the “SVO” unless the federal center decides otherwise.
- Authorities said mobile internet is disabled near special‑purpose facilities nationwide and that enlarged safety zones now include some residential areas, offices, and social institutions.
- Officials pledged access to a “white list” of services such as government portals and payments, yet residents report week‑long outages and failures including banking apps.
- Maps of blackout zones are withheld on state‑secrecy grounds, residents were told to seek bill adjustments from carriers, a map lists more than 450 free Wi‑Fi points, and officials advised switching to wired internet for stability.
- Independent outlet Dozhd reported it could not locate a public federal directive expanding the zones, and Novaya Gazeta Europe called Ulyanovsk the first region to declare shutdowns lasting until the war’s end.