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The Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) was activated in Ukraine on 03 March 2022 following the escalation of armed conflict between Ukraine and the Russian Federation. ETC SitReps are distributed monthly.
Highlights
• Ukraine faces severe energy supply challenges due to the ongoing conflict, leading to power outages and increased damage to the telecommunications network. To address these increasingly urgent issues, the ETC is coordinating investigations into back-up connectivity solutions and GSM mobile coverage. The final report and recommendations of the cluster have been shared with UN IT staff, the Operations Management Team (OMT), and with the Security Management Team (SMT).
• The ETC is expanding the VHF radio network across eight priority sites along Ukraine’s frontline to facilitate more robust security communications systems for UN staff in high-risk areas of the response. In June, installation of the equipment was completed in the first site―Zaporizhzhia.
• To enhance its services and the security of user accounts amid vigilant cybersecurity awareness, the ETC conducted a full review of its connectivity network in June, implementing a two-factor authentication for user management login and integrating network alerts with the ETC Helpdesk service to enable automatic incident recording, ensuring efficient monitoring and response times for network issues.