diff --git a/app/api/voice/tts/route.ts b/app/api/voice/tts/route.ts
index 0979241..a686aed 100644
--- a/app/api/voice/tts/route.ts
+++ b/app/api/voice/tts/route.ts
@@ -2,15 +2,74 @@ export const dynamic = 'force-dynamic'
 export const runtime = 'nodejs'
 
 import { NextResponse } from 'next/server'
+import * as https from 'node:https'
+import { Readable } from 'node:stream'
+import { HttpsProxyAgent } from 'https-proxy-agent'
 
-const ELEVENLABS_BASE = 'https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1'
+const ELEVENLABS_HOST = 'api.elevenlabs.io'
 const DEFAULT_MODEL = 'eleven_flash_v2_5'
 
+// ElevenLabs blocks Russian IPs at Cloudflare level; route via non-RU proxy
+// (set ELEVENLABS_PROXY=http://192.168.31.103:8888 in tablet.env).
+// Falls back to HTTPS_PROXY / HTTP_PROXY if set.
+function getProxyAgent(): HttpsProxyAgent<string> | null {
+  const proxy =
+    process.env.ELEVENLABS_PROXY ||
+    process.env.HTTPS_PROXY ||
+    process.env.HTTP_PROXY ||
+    ''
+  return proxy ? new HttpsProxyAgent(proxy) : null
+}
+
 function getVoiceId(agent: string | undefined): string | null {
   if (agent === 'lusya') return process.env.LUSYA_TTS_VOICE || null
   return process.env.COSMO_TTS_VOICE || null
 }
 
+interface UpstreamResult {
+  status: number
+  body: Readable | null
+  error?: string
+}
+
+function requestElevenLabs(voiceId: string, payload: string, apiKey: string): Promise<UpstreamResult> {
+  return new Promise((resolve) => {
+    const options: https.RequestOptions = {
+      host: ELEVENLABS_HOST,
+      path: `/v1/text-to-speech/${encodeURIComponent(voiceId)}/stream?output_format=mp3_44100_64`,
+      method: 'POST',
+      headers: {
+        'xi-api-key': apiKey,
+        Accept: 'audio/mpeg',
+        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+        'Content-Length': Buffer.byteLength(payload).toString(),
+      },
+      timeout: 30000,
+    }
+    const proxyAgent = getProxyAgent()
+    if (proxyAgent) options.agent = proxyAgent
+
+    const req = https.request(options, (res) => {
+      if ((res.statusCode || 0) !== 200) {
+        let errText = ''
+        res.setEncoding('utf8')
+        res.on('data', (chunk: string) => { errText += chunk })
+        res.on('end', () =>
+          resolve({ status: res.statusCode || 0, body: null, error: errText.slice(0, 500) })
+        )
+        return
+      }
+      resolve({ status: 200, body: res })
+    })
+
+    req.on('timeout', () => req.destroy(new Error('elevenlabs_timeout')))
+    req.on('error', (e) => resolve({ status: 0, body: null, error: e.message }))
+
+    req.write(payload)
+    req.end()
+  })
+}
+
 export async function POST(req: Request) {
   const apiKey = process.env.ELEVENLABS_API_KEY
   if (!apiKey) {
@@ -35,37 +94,30 @@ export async function POST(req: Request) {
 
   const model = process.env.ELEVENLABS_MODEL || DEFAULT_MODEL
 
-  const upstream = await fetch(
-    `${ELEVENLABS_BASE}/text-to-speech/${encodeURIComponent(voiceId)}/stream?output_format=mp3_44100_64`,
-    {
-      method: 'POST',
-      headers: {
-        'xi-api-key': apiKey,
-        Accept: 'audio/mpeg',
-        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-      },
-      body: JSON.stringify({
-        text,
-        model_id: model,
-        voice_settings: {
-          stability: 0.45,
-          similarity_boost: 0.75,
-          style: 0.25,
-          use_speaker_boost: true,
-        },
-      }),
-    }
-  )
+  const payload = JSON.stringify({
+    text,
+    model_id: model,
+    voice_settings: {
+      stability: 0.45,
+      similarity_boost: 0.75,
+      style: 0.25,
+      use_speaker_boost: true,
+    },
+  })
 
-  if (!upstream.ok || !upstream.body) {
-    const errText = await upstream.text().catch(() => '')
+  const result = await requestElevenLabs(voiceId, payload, apiKey)
+
+  if (result.status !== 200 || !result.body) {
     return NextResponse.json(
-      { error: `elevenlabs_${upstream.status}`, detail: errText.slice(0, 300) },
+      { error: `elevenlabs_${result.status || 'fetch_failed'}`, detail: result.error || '' },
       { status: 502 }
     )
   }
 
-  return new Response(upstream.body, {
+  // Node Readable -> Web ReadableStream for Next.js Response
+  const webStream = Readable.toWeb(result.body) as unknown as ReadableStream<Uint8Array>
+
+  return new Response(webStream, {
     headers: {
       'Content-Type': 'audio/mpeg',
       'Cache-Control': 'no-store',
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 09cf431..cce65ae 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
         "clsx": "^2.1.1",
         "framer-motion": "^11.1.7",
         "googleapis": "^171.4.0",
+        "https-proxy-agent": "^7.0.6",
         "lucide-react": "^0.376.0",
         "next": "14.2.3",
         "react": "^18",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9b81901..2942fdc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     "clsx": "^2.1.1",
     "framer-motion": "^11.1.7",
     "googleapis": "^171.4.0",
+    "https-proxy-agent": "^7.0.6",
     "lucide-react": "^0.376.0",
     "next": "14.2.3",
     "react": "^18",