Stavropol authorities warn of mobile phone outages during drone attacks

The government of Stavropol Krai has ordered all mobile operators to slow down their internet connection speeds during the drone alert.

As "Caucasian Knot" reported, on the night of July 24, the authorities of North Ossetia, Kabardino-Balkaria and Stavropol Krai, as well as the mayors' offices of Novorossiysk and Anapa, announced a drone attack threat. That same night in Sochi, two women died as a result of a drone attack, and 11 more people were injured.

Slowing down the mobile Internet to protect against attacks by unmanned aerial vehicles has become a mandatory measure that all operators are required to use when a drone threat is declared, the press service of the Stavropol Krai government reported today.

"Upon receiving the "Unmanned aerial vehicle threat" signal, all mobile operators must slow down the speed of their Internet connection in the region. Restrictions will be lifted after the "Unmanned aerial vehicle threat" signal is received," the report says.

At a meeting with his subordinates, the head of the region, Vladimir Vladimirov, also identified a number of facilities in which the mobile Internet will be slowed down "on a permanent basis," Interfax-Yug reports.

"Today, this is an urgent need dictated by security considerations. Our first duty is to protect people. I ask everyone to treat this situation with understanding," the governor said.

"Kavkazsky Uzel" also wrote that the Rostov Region authorities promised to transfer ATMs and payment terminals to wired Internet and to identify a number of applications that will work even under communication restrictions.

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