Russia strikes Ukraine's largest mobile service provider
Russian forces have intensified strikes against Ukraine's telecommunications and data infrastructure, including the headquarters of the major provider Kyivstar. These attacks aim to disrupt military communications, intelligence networks, and public alert systems.
Why it matters
The systematic targeting of digital infrastructure highlights the critical role of communications technology in modern warfare and its impact on civilian safety.
Russia struck the headquarters of Kyivstar, Ukraine’s largest mobile service provider, in Kyiv on Sunday, in the latest attack on the country’s communications infrastructure. Kyivstar confirmed that its head office was hit and said there were no casualties.According to Reuters, the strike came as Moscow continued attacks on Ukrainian data centres and communications infrastructure.Russia’s defence ministry said it had struck a Vodafone Ukraine data centre, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a Kyiv data centre was hit twice, wounding two children and an adult.Russia had already been stepping up strikes on Ukraine’s data centres and telecommunications infrastructure in the days before the Kyivstar attackOn September 23, Russian strikes damaged facilities used by several internet providers in Kyiv, disrupting internet services for around 100,000 households in Kyiv and the surrounding region, according to Ukraine’s digital transformation ministry.According to Ukrainian companies and officials, infrastructure belonging to providers including Domonet, Kievnet and Faust…
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