Ukraine requested that the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) -a multistakeholder body that manages global internet domains and resources -take measures in response to the Russian operation in Ukraine.
Ukraine requested that ICANN remove Russia from the internet. More specifically, in the letter from Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, Mykhailo Fedorov, to Goran Marby, President and CEO of ICANN Ukraine requested that ICANN (quote):