Ukraine blocked 4,048 web addresses in October 2026. Of those, 3,985 were added to blocklists targeting online casinos operating without a Ukrainian license.
The figures come from UABlockList’s October review.
Mirror sites for two gambling platforms appeared most frequently on lists drawn up under decisions by PlayCity and Ukraine’s National Center for Operational and Technical Management of Telecommunications Networks (NCU). UABlockList linked at least 1,015 addresses to one platform and 319 to the other.
The researchers also found sites on the casino blocklists that they said had no connection to gambling. These included Ukrainian pizzeria Crazy Pizza, bookseller AK Books, cryptocurrency service Bitcoin.com and domain marketplace HugeDomains. Another address with “bonus” in its name redirected users to a discount program for stores selling plumbing fixtures and furniture in Zhytomyr.
Authorities blocked 50 online stores at the request of Ukraine’s Economic Security Bureau. Of those, 45 sold products such as e-cigarettes, vape liquids and tobacco. The other five sold alcohol and conventional cigarettes. Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council imposed 10-year sanctions on five cryptocurrency platforms.
At the request of Ukraine’s Security Service, authorities restricted access to two Russian news sites, one Belarusian news site and three online bookstores that listed books from Russian publishers. Separately, Ukraine’s broadcasting regulator added two streaming platforms to its list of media services from the aggressor state.
Ukraine also restored access to seven addresses in October, including the Cloudflare Pages service, three domains used to create subdomains and three addresses associated with gambling sites. The NCU order gave no reason for lifting the restrictions.
