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IntroductionIntroduction
This page provides information on ping response times measured every 30 minutes from the SLAC National Lab (40 miles south of San Francisco in California, US) to over 25 sites in Ukraine around the time of the Russo Ukraine war starting in February 2022. See https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/slideshows/a-timeline-of-the-russia-ukraine-conflict for events leading up to the crisis in 2022, and see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine for progress of the 2022 war.
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Coordinates of Ukrainian ping targets
Updated 1/4/2023 to add: Kryvyi Rih National University, the National Transport Museum in Kiev, and the Kyiv National University, and on 1/5/2023 Mykhailo Ostrogradsky National University of Kremenchuk, Institute of Policy and Strategy Analysis in Kiev, and Lviv University of Trade and Economics.
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| Hetman Polubotko Street, Chernihiv 14013 | Chernihiv National University of Technology | CHERNIHIV | 51.5051 | 31.33316 | www.chnpu.edu.ua |
| Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | Kryvyi Rih National University | DNIPRO | 47.9050367 | 33.3990625 | www.knu.edu.ua |
| Volodymira Vernandskogo street 9, Dnipro, | Dnipro State Medical University | DNIPRO | 48.4611 | 35.05442 | www.dpsmu.com |
| Illicha Ave, 16, Donetsk, Ukraine, 83000 | Donetsk National Medical University | DONETSK | 48.0026 | 37.8202 | www.dnmu.com.ua |
| Myru Square, 2, Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast | Kramatorsk City Council | DONETSK | 48.7377495 | 37.5840575 | www.krm.gov.ua |
| 129a , Budivelnykiv Ave., Mariupol, 87500 | Mariupol State University | DONETSK | 47.1021 | 37.52356 | en.mdu.in.ua |
| 3 Yunykh Kommunarov street, Slavyansk, Donetsk | Slavic Local History Museum | DONETSK | 48.8555196 | 37.5935091 | www.museum.slavyansk.online |
| 66 Nezalezhnosti avenue, Izyum, Kharkiv | IZYUM INSTRUMENT-MAKING PLANT | KHARKIV | 49.1911728 | 37.2460882 | www.rada.com.ua |
| Kharkov | National Research Center Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology | KHARKIV | 50.0867 | 36.2522 | mail.kipt.kharkov.ua |
| str. Kirpychova, 2 Kharkiv, 61002 Ukraine | National Technical University Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute | KHARKIV | 49.9990324 | 36.24618 | www.kpi.kharkov.ua |
| prosp. Nauky, 9A, 61001, Kharkiv, | Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics | KHARKIV | 50.0139 | 36.22216 | www.hneu.edu.ua |
| Rosa Luxemburg Street, 23 Kherson 73000 Kherson Oblast | Kherson State Agricultural University | KHERSON | 46.6425 | 32.5821 | www.ksau.kherson.ua |
| Berislavske Highway, 24 Kherson 73008 Kherson Oblast | Kherson National Technical University | KHERSON | 46.66879 | 32.6354 | www.kntu.net.ua |
| Kiev, street Trinitarian, 8 m. Kyiv 01601 | Saint Michael's Monastery | KIEV | 50.4558 | 30.2429 | www.archangel.kiev.ua |
| Kiev, UKREXIMBANK JSC, Kyiv | Voice of Ukraine | KIEV | 50.4423 | 30.51976 | www.golos.com.ua |
| Omelyanovicha-Pavlenka, street 1, Kyiv, Ukraine 01010 | National Transport Museum | KIEV | 50.440001 | 30.549974 | www.ntu.edu.ua |
| Kiev, A / S 23, Kyiv, Ukraine 04053 | Hostmaster | KIEV | 50.4557 | 30.49 | hostmaster.ua |
| Kiev, 3 Tereschenkivska st, Kiev-4, 01024 | Institute of Mathematics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine | KIEV | 50.4443 | 30.5142 | www.imath.kiev.ua |
| Kiev, 15/3 O.Gonchara street, Kyiv | Ukranian Internet Exchange | KIEV | 50.4359 | 30.4981 | ix.net.ua |
| Kiev | Kyiv Navigator | KIEV | 50.5 | 30.467 | ns.kiev.ua |
| Kiev, Vernadskoho 36, Kyiv 03142, | Kyiv Academic University | KIEV | 50.4667016 | 30.3630161 | www.kau.org.ua |
| Lva Tolstoho Street, Kyiv | Kyiv National University | KIEV | 50.4420902 | 30.5082083 | www.univ.kiev.ua |
| 3 Koval St., the City of Poltava, Luhansk | Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University | LUHANSK | 49.28157 | 38.90258 | www.luguniv.edu.ua |
| 11, Kostiushka Str., Lviv, Ukraine, 79000 | Lviv State University of Physical Culture | LVIV | 49.84115 | 24.0205 | www.ldufk.edu.ua |
| MYKOLAIV, GEROIV UKRAINY AVE., 9, ZIP 54050 | NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SHIPBUILDING | MYKOLAIV | 46.9871 | 31.9836 | www.nuos-international.com.ua |
| Didrikhsona str, Odessa | Odessa State Academy of Civil Engineering and Archittecture | ODESSA | 46.4841526 | 30.71383 | www.odaba.edu.ua |
| SofIIvska Street, Odessa | Odessa National Economic University | ODESSA | 46.4843401 | 30.71195 | www.oneu.edu.ua |
| Dvoryanskaya str., 2,Odessa Oblast, 65082 | Odessa I. I. Michnikov National University | ODESSA | 46.4875 | 30.729 | www.onu.edu.ua |
| 20 Pershotravneva Strasse, Kremenchuk, 39600 Ukraine | Mykhailo Ostrogradsky National University of Kremenchuk | POLTAVA | 49.0602993 | 33.4081599 | www.kdu.edu.ua |
| Herasima Kondratieva St, 160, Sumy, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine, 40000 | Sumy National Agrarian University | SUMY | 50.8817 | 34.7756 | www.snau.edu.ua |
| 11 Lvivska, Ternopil Oblast | Western Ukrainian National University | TERNOPIL | 49.5537 | 25.55945 | www.wunu.edu.ua |
| Khmel'nyts'ke Hwy, 95, Vinnytsia, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine, 21000 | Vinnytsia National Technical University | VINNYTSIA | 49.2339 | 23.9287 | www.vntu.edu.ua |
| 13 Voli Ave., Lutsk, Ukraine, 43025 | Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University | VOLYN | 50.747 | 25.3288 | www.vnu.edu.ua |
| 33A, Dniprovska St, Zaporizhzhia, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine, 69061 | Zaporizhia National University | ZAPORIZHIA | 47.819 | 35.1811 | www.znu.edu.ua |
| 40, Velyka Berdychivska Str. Zhytomyr, | Zhytomyr Ivan Franko State University | ZHYTOMYR | 50.24917 | 28.6718 | www.zu.edu.ua |
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Map of Oblasts (Regions of Ukraine)
There are 24 Ukrainian Oblasts (see Wikipedia). We monitor sites in 16 of the Oblasts.
Number of Ukrainian hosts monitored from SLAC by day
As the war progressed we added more Ukrainian hosts to the list of monitored sites, and lost a few.
Apr-07 thru May-07
Feb-23 thru Apr 07
Summary for Sites in Ukraine seen from EDU.SLAC.STANFORD.PINGER
Summary for Sites in Ukraine seen from EDU.SLAC.STANFORD.PINGER
Median value of medians is 180.215
Map of monitored sites
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The host was no longer pingable by name or address on 11/12/2022 thru 11/13/2022./shipbuildin
www.chnpu.edu.ua (Chernihiv National University of Technology, latitude longitude 51.5051 31.33316)
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See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Chernihiv.
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www.onu.edu.ua (Odessa I. I. Michnikov National University, latitude longitude 46.4875 30.7290)
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We were unable to ping the ONU site by name starting 03:00 Nov 16, 2022 GMT. In addition the web site http://onu.edu.ua/en/ was not accessible. However the IP address 91.208.138.242 did respond to ping with an RTT of 197ms, but not to http on 11/18/2022. Also following this date nslookup nslookup was unable to find a name for 91.208.138.242.
Looking at https://www.unesco.org/en/ukraine-war/damages-and-victims#educational-institutions we note that as of 11/18/2022: "Damage to Ukraine learning Institutions damaged by bombing and shelling amounted to 2739 suffering with 2406 damaged and 333 destroyed."n institutions in Ukraine
2333 destroy
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Looking at the ping 91.208.138.242 RTTs across this date we see below there appears to be change in behavior
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See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kramatorsk
museum.slavyansk.online (Slavic Local History Museum, Slavyansk, latitude longitude 48.8555196 37.5935091)
The site www.rada.com.us (Izyum Instrument-Making Plant, Izyum, latitude longitude 49.1911728 37.2460882)
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Izium_(2022)
museum.slavyansk.online with IP address 65.21.127.155 started responding to pings again around 7:00am 11/9/2022 GMT. The ping responses this period are shown below:
The marked change in behavior starting around 11/7/2022 (in particular an increase from 168ms to 192ms or a 24ms increase in minumum RTT intermittently starting around 8/24/2022, solidifying around 9/5/2022 and extending to 11/9/2022) maybe related to a change in the location of the host responding to the address 88.212.208.67.
www.rada.com.us (Izyum Instrument-Making Plant, Izyum, latitude longitude 49.1911728 37.2460882)
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Izium_(2022)
There is a loss of ping response starting Apr 19 10:30 GMT and ending Apr 21 There is a loss of ping response starting Apr 19 10:30 GMT and ending Apr 21 19:30 2022 GMT.
www.kntu.net.ua2(Kherson National Technical University, Kherson, latitude longitude 46.66879 32.6354)
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There was no response to pings from SLAC to www.kntu.net.ua between 16:30 May 30 and 01:00 Jun 2, 2022 GMT. Then again Jun 27 thru Jun 29.
www.ksau.kherson.ua2 (Kherson State Agricultural University, Kherson, latitude longitude 46.6425 32.5821)
On November 10, 2022 the Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu on Wednesday announced Russia would pull out its troops from the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, the first and only regional capital to be captured by Russian forces since they invaded Ukraine in late February. By November 13, Ukraine now occupied Kherson and the west bank of the Dnipro river.
The suspiciously low RTT of just over 142 msecs may indicate the host has moved West out of Ukraine and is now closer to the US
www.ksau.kherson.ua2 (Kherson State Agricultural University, Kherson, latitude longitude 46.6425 32.5821)
On Mar 2, 2022 Kherson was surrendered to the Russians. On Mar 23, On Mar 2, 2022 Kherson was surrendered to the Russians. On Mar 23, 2022, Ukraine launched a counterattack (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kherson).
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Webnames.ru appears to be a Russian site offering "Linux-based shared plans with a control panel in Russian. It provides beginner-friendly tools, discounts on longer subscription." The Round Trip Time (RTT) before and after 10/4/2022 do not appear to have changed.
The site www.museum.slavyansk.online with IP address 65.21.127.155 started responding to pings again around 7:00am 11/9/2022 GMT. The ping responses this period are
The ping responses during this period are shown below:
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The Round Trip Time (RTT) before and after 10/4/2022 do not appear to have changed.
The maps below show the situation November 10th 2022.
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There was an interruption in ping responses from SLAC to Sumy National Agrarian University (www.snau.edu.us address 5.9.136.198) following November 11 07:00 until Nov 14 02:00 GMT. Also starting around November 1st 2022 there was quite a dramatic increase in ping response losses. Then starting Nov between 21:30 and 21:59 there was a drop in minimum ping response times to 160 ms from 179ms as well as almost no ping losses persisting at least until January 4, 20023.
Mariupol
The last ping response PingER was able to get from en.mdu.in.ua was from just before midnight May 20, 2022. This corresponds to the fall of Mariupol (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Mariupol) to Russian forces.
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We were unable to ping the ONU (Odessa National University) site by name starting 03:00 Nov 16, 2022 GMT. In addition the web site http://onu.edu.ua/en/ was not accessible. However the IP address 91.208.138.242 did respond to ping with an RTT of 197ms, but not to http://91.208.138.242 on 11/18/2022.
institutions in Ukraine
2333 destroy
Therefore we continued to monitor the IP address.
Looking at https://www.unesco.org/en/ukraine-war/damages-and-victims#educational-institutions we note that as of 11/18/2022: "Damage to Ukraine learning Institutions damaged by bombing and shelling amounted to 2739 suffering with 2406 damaged and 333 destroyed."n institutions in Ukraine
2333 destroy
Other references:
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