Russia Strikes Kyivstar Headquarters as Moscow Targets Ukraine's Communications Network
The strike on Ukraine's largest mobile provider is the latest in a sustained Russian campaign against the country's data centres and communications infrastructure
Russia hit the headquarters of Kyivstar, Ukraine's largest mobile service provider, on Sunday, the company told local media, as Moscow continued its bombardment of Ukrainian data centres and communications infrastructure.
Kyivstar told the Interfax Ukraine news agency that its head office in Kyiv had been struck, but reported no casualties. Russia's Defence Ministry also said on Sunday that it had hit a data centre belonging to Vodafone Ukraine, the country's second-largest cell network provider. Vodafone Ukraine did not respond to a request for comment.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russia struck a data centre in Kyiv twice on Sunday morning, wounding two children and an adult.
Moscow has also hit data centres belonging to Ukrainian internet providers over the past week, causing service outages to about 100,000 households in Kyiv and the surrounding region, according to Ukraine's Digital Ministry.
Russia has targeted major Ukrainian data centres, seeking to disrupt the flow of information, Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha wrote on X on Wednesday. Rapid alerts about missile and drone threats are essential, he said. They save lives.