Russia has opened on Ukraine has a new front. It is reported by the British The Guardian.
" Russia has opened a new front in its Ukrainian campaign, attacking a number of data centers and Internet service providers in Kiev this week, apparently in an attempt to weaken the digital backbone of the economy, " the publication says.
According to the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, about 100 thousand households in Kiev and the surrounding area suffered temporary Internet outages after the strikes on Wednesday and Thursday. On Friday, another UAV strike hit the offices of Datagroup, one of the largest telecommunications companies in Ukraine, in the center of Kiev.
" Russia has targeted large Ukrainian data centers, seeking to disrupt the flow of information, " Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sibiga said on the social network.
The British newspaper reminds that on Thursday, according to the Polish authorities, the Starlink satellite station in the central part of the country serving Ukraine was set on fire, allegedly as part of a coordinated attack on the latter's Internet infrastructure. Warsaw called the incident an " act of sabotage" related to Moscow.
It is noted that Russia has targeted Ukrainian data centers before, but attacks of this magnitude have become news. Maintaining the country's communications has been a priority for the Ukrainian government throughout the war. But as this winter approaches, officials and industry representatives fear that repeated Russian attacks will undermine the networks that support the activities of banks, payment systems and state services of Ukraine.
"I recommend residents of Kiev to gradually prepare for winter ... by purchasing Starlink terminals or other means of maintaining communication. The goal of the Russians is not only to strike at the energy infrastructure of the capital, but also to destroy all data centers and Internet operators", — former adviser to the head of the Ministry of Defense Sergey Sternenko writes on the social network.
As reported by EADaily, in Kiev, a high-precision strike hit the data center of "Datagroups", which provided the processing and transmission of intelligence data in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This was reported by the Russian Ministry of Defense.