In St. Petersburg, The Mobile Internet Has Been Turned Off

Even resources from the so-called "white list" don't work.

St. Petersburg residents were left without mobile Internet on the day of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) on June 3. The outages began around 1 a.m. and continued in the morning, affecting thousands of users, according to Downdetector. Citizens are complaining that websites and apps are not opening and that they have to pay cash on ground public transportation. According to "Paper", even resources from the "white list" are not working.

Around 3 a.m., the governor of the Leningrad region, Alexander Drozdenko, warned of a "slowdown" in mobile Internet speeds due to drone danger. According to him, a total of 59 drones were "shot down". The St. Petersburg Oil Terminal caught fire as a result of the attack. Authorities in St. Petersburg declared a drone alert in the early morning hours. Governor Alexander Beglov said drones had hit "infrastructure facilities" in Kronstadt, Kirov and Krasnoselsky districts of the city: there was destruction and "several" people were injured. Some correspondents at SPIEF received sms alerts about the threat of UAV attacks, mobile internet outages and experienced disconnections. Despite the fact that after 8:00 the drone danger mode was lifted, access to the Network has not been restored - complaints continue to come in.

The work of Pulkovo airport was also limited due to the attack. The press service of the air harbor said that 42 flights were delayed for more than two hours. Another 12 flights are awaiting departure from alternate airfields.

On the eve of the SPIEF Beglov said that "exhaustive security measures" had been taken in St. Petersburg. He assured that "new challenges have been fully taken into account." The forum will be held from June 3 to June 6, with Russian President Vladimir Putin scheduled to speak on the penultimate day.

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