Russia Hits 100,000 Kyiv Households' Internet, Killing 4 in Digital Infrastructure Strikes
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Updated · The Guardian · Sep 26
Russia Hits 100,000 Kyiv Households' Internet, Killing 4 in Digital Infrastructure Strikes
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Sep 26
Summary
About 100,000 households in Kyiv and the surrounding region lost internet temporarily after Russian strikes on datacentres and providers on Wednesday and Thursday, Ukraine's digital ministry said.
A Friday drone strike then hit Datagroup's central Kyiv offices, killing four people, as Ukrainian officials said Moscow was trying to disrupt information flows and the economy's digital backbone.
Polish authorities also reported a Starlink satellite station in central Poland serving Ukraine was set on fire in what local officials called sabotage linked to Moscow.
The attacks extend Russia's broader campaign against Ukraine's economy—already hitting warehouses, ports and steel output—and raise fears that repeated winter strikes could disrupt banks, payments and public services.