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Moscow internet shutdowns reflect fear of Ukrainian drones, Zahorodniy argues

The Ukrainian political strategist links summit security measures to Russia's vulnerabilities, while questioning the motives behind an evacuation truce in Oleshky.

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1:30Uzlova presents Ukrainian and Russian statements about a pause in fighting for evacuations from Oleshky.
4:31The broadcast reports damage to a Kyiv campus and bridge, then presents Zelenskyy's criticism of air-defense delays.
12:13Vance's oil-price remarks lead into Zahorodniy's assessment of Republican electoral calculations.
16:38Reported underground computing facilities and Moscow internet shutdowns prompt discussion of Russian concerns about Ukrainian drones.
21:17Zahorodniy argues that Chinese gas demand has not replaced Russia's lost European market.
23:26The guest rejects circulating peace-plan reports as divisive messaging and argues that European defense depends on Ukraine.

Planned mobile internet shutdowns during summits attended by Vladimir Putin show Moscow taking Ukraine's drone capabilities seriously, Ukrainian political strategist Taras Zahorodniy argues in an interview with Ukraine's Channel 24 (24 Канал).

Host Iryna Uzlova displays a Moscow Times headline reporting that mobile internet would be switched off in the capital for three days because of the summits. The pair also discuss reports that Russian data centers and Yandex supercomputers are being placed underground to protect them from drone attacks. Zahorodniy interprets these precautions as evidence of the Kremlin's concern about Ukraine's ability to strike. The interview offers that assessment, rather than establishing the Moscow-wide collapse promised by its title.

The broadcast opens with a reported pause in fighting intended to allow civilians to evacuate Oleshky, in Russian-occupied Kherson region in southern Ukraine. Uzlova presents statements from Ukrainian ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets, presidential office head Kyrylo Budanov and Russia's Defense Ministry. Zahorodniy describes Russia's presentation of the pause as political manipulation and a gesture intended to benefit Donald Trump before the US midterm elections. That is his interpretation of the announcement, not evidence that evacuations have been completed.

Attention then turns to a Russian ballistic-missile attack on Kyiv that the broadcast says damaged a student campus and the Southern Bridge. A displayed statement from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticizes what he describes as artificial delays in supplying air defenses. Zahorodniy discusses delayed American interceptor missiles and argues that US defense-industry lobbying through Congress influences deliveries.

The American political discussion includes footage of Vice President JD Vance blaming oil-price spikes on dictators' actions. Zahorodniy considers Republican electoral calculations and possible future presidential ambitions involving Vance and Marco Rubio. These are the guest's political assessments, not announcements of candidacies.

In the closing portion, Zahorodniy argues that losing European gas customers has weakened Russia's leverage, while efforts to secure Chinese demand through the proposed Power of Siberia 2 pipeline have failed to provide a replacement. He also dismisses circulating accounts of Putin's peace conditions as attempts to divide Ukrainians, rather than treating them as an agreed negotiating framework.

Uzlova raises an argument about Europe becoming more unified under pressure from Trump. Zahorodniy's response is that any assessment of European military strength must include Ukraine's armed forces, defense industry and missile production. His central contention is that foreign governments have overestimated Russian strength and underestimated Ukraine's.

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