The outages in Russia's second largest city are the latest in a series of shutdowns that may be linked to the Kremlin’s efforts to protect critical infrastructure from Ukrainian drone attacks.
The council said the Russian para-governmental organization called the Safe Internet League “aids the Russian government in enforcing censorship practices,” while its chairwoman “is responsible for serious and systematic abuses of freedom of opinion and expression.”
Internet connectivity in Kyiv was “significantly” disrupted after dozens of Russian missiles hit the city early on Tuesday, causing temporary power outages.