Rebuilding Ukraine''s telecoms infrastructure amid war
That''s roughly 1,400 base stations, and does not include base stations located in Donetsk and Luhansk, areas that have been occupied by Russia since 2014. Since Russia''s
"We've had more than 10 percent of our sites completely or partially destroyed,” explains Sasha Ananyev, head of the network operation department at Vodafone Ukraine. That's roughly 1,400 base stations, and does not include base stations located in Donetsk and Luhansk, areas that have been occupied by Russia since 2014.
Ukraine's phone operators have mobilized more than usual to help people stay in touch by revving up generators to power mobile towers after Russian strikes took out the electricity they usually run on. With Ukraine racing to keep communications lines open in wartime, this is a crucial measure to keep phone services functioning.
His view was shared by another Ukrainian telecoms provider, Lifecell, which also reported around 10 percent of its base stations being destroyed at its peak, at around 900 sites.
“One by one all these base stations went down,” says Volodymyr Lutchenko, Kyivstar's chief technology officer, speaking on a video call from relative safety in western Ukraine. “First of all, because of the power connection, then because of the physical damage.” “I saw that they are online. I'm like, 'Yes, they are alive.'”
Beyond Mariupol, Ukraine's decentralized cable internet has held up relatively well to Russia's attacks—many people are still able to access the internet without issue. But in cities where power has been lost and infrastructure targeted with bombings, little can be done.
The Government of Ukraine has declared a State of Emergency. The ETC was activated in Ukraine on 3 March and has deployed a coordinator to Krakow, Poland, where telecommunications equipment is being pre-positioned for the response.

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