Submarine cable incident record
Sakhalin-Kuril Islands Cable — Confirmed — 2025-09-18
Kamchatka plans 5-day internet outage for undersea cable upgrades; separate inland cable damage reported.
Confirmed
- Public classification
- Confirmed
- Affected cable or system
- Sakhalin-Kuril Islands Cable
- Affected countries
- Russia
- Region
- Asia-Pacific and Southeast Asia
- Network state
- Network signal stale
- Physical state
- Repair in progress confirmed by report
Lifecycle
- Occurred:
- Repair activity reported:
- Network record became stale: — physical state unchanged.
Original supporting evidence
Public-network measurements can support a Suspected record but cannot prove a physical cable fault or repair. Network recovery can result from rerouting and does not establish physical repair. Confirm operational decisions with the cable owner or carrier.