Computer firms in Ukraine are already offering services to bypass President Petro Poroshenko's ban on Russian social networks, according to RIA Novosti; at the same time, Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council said that those trying to bypass the ban will not be punished.

On Friday, the RIA Novosti Ukraine news agency reported that local computer firms are providing paid services which let Internet users bypass President Petro Poroshenko's ban on Russian social networks.

In central Ukraine's Dnepropetrovsk region, for example, employees from computer service companies are restoring their customers' access to Russian social networks for just 50 hryvnia (approximately two dollars).

RIA Novosti Ukraine published a screenshot of a response from one of the customers who confirmed that she was able to access the blocked sites.

The customer thanks the computer specialist for the service, saying that "it took her just five minutes to restore her access to the VKontakte website."