<p>Russian state media websites broadcasting President Vladimir Putin's address to the country's two houses of parliaments on Tuesday suffered an outage during his speech.</p>.<p><em>Reuters </em>journalists in multiple locations were unable to access the <em>All-Russia State Television</em> and <em>Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK)</em> website or the Smotrim live-streaming platform for periods during the speech.</p>.<p>A message on the <em>VGTRK </em>website said that "technical works were being carried out" while the Smotrim website was not loading.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/one-year-on-biden-and-putin-set-to-offer-rival-visions-of-the-war-in-ukraine-1193384.html" target="_blank">One year on, Biden and Putin set to offer rival visions of the war in Ukraine</a></strong></p>.<p>Shortly before the speech started, state TV channels had broadcast a segment on the technical preparations that go into broadcasting the speech, saying the live stream would be carried across all major Russian TV channels.</p>.<p>The state-run <em>RIA Novosti</em> news agency said the outage was the result of a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack.</p>.<p><em>Reuters </em>was unable to independently verify the reason for the outages. </p>
<p>Russian state media websites broadcasting President Vladimir Putin's address to the country's two houses of parliaments on Tuesday suffered an outage during his speech.</p>.<p><em>Reuters </em>journalists in multiple locations were unable to access the <em>All-Russia State Television</em> and <em>Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK)</em> website or the Smotrim live-streaming platform for periods during the speech.</p>.<p>A message on the <em>VGTRK </em>website said that "technical works were being carried out" while the Smotrim website was not loading.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/one-year-on-biden-and-putin-set-to-offer-rival-visions-of-the-war-in-ukraine-1193384.html" target="_blank">One year on, Biden and Putin set to offer rival visions of the war in Ukraine</a></strong></p>.<p>Shortly before the speech started, state TV channels had broadcast a segment on the technical preparations that go into broadcasting the speech, saying the live stream would be carried across all major Russian TV channels.</p>.<p>The state-run <em>RIA Novosti</em> news agency said the outage was the result of a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack.</p>.<p><em>Reuters </em>was unable to independently verify the reason for the outages. </p>