Russia strikes at heart of Ukraine’s digital economy with attacks on ISPs and data centres
Russia has expanded its campaign against Ukraine’s critical infrastructure, targeting data centres and internet providers in Kyiv in attacks that disrupted connectivity for about 100,000 households. Ukraine’s Ministry of Digital Transformation said strikes on Wednesday and Thursday caused temporary internet outages across Kyiv and the surrounding region as Russian forces intensified attacks on…
Russian assaults left six people dead and 45 others injured across Ukraine on September 26, according to local authorities. The Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, experienced a second day of continuous Russian attacks, employing jet-powered drones. By 10 a.m. local time on September 26, six air raid alerts were issued in the city. The Ukrainian Mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, reported that five people sustained injuries in Russian strikes across four districts of the city.
In the Boryspil district, southwest of Kyiv, two individuals were injured, reported Ukraine's Emergency Service.
Russian forces launched a total of 173 Shahed-type drones towards Ukraine overnight on September 26, with 50 of them being jet-powered, as confirmed by the Air Force. Ukrainian air defenses intercepted 134 of these drones. Drone strikes were reported at 19 locations, while falling debris from downed targets caused damage in eight areas, as per the report.
In Donetsk Oblast, Russian attacks resulted in two fatalities and eight injuries in the town of Druzhkivka, Governor Vadym Filashkin announced. Two women were killed and seven others injured in Zaporizhzhia Oblast due to Russian strikes in the city of Zaporizhzhia and Zaporizhzhia district, according to local authorities.
A 69-year-old man was killed and 10 people, including a 1.5-month-old infant and a 15-year-old boy, were injured in Nikopol district in Sumy Oblast after a Russian drone attack, as per local authorities. In Kherson Oblast, one person was killed and three others injured in Russian attacks targeting 35 settlements. In Kharkiv Oblast, four people were hurt in Kharkiv's regional center, and a 27-year-old man in the village of Zolochiv was also injured, reported Governor Oleh Syniehubov.
In Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, four individuals were injured in Russian attacks in Nikopol district; two of them were hospitalized, including one in a serious condition, as stated by Governor Oleksandr Hanzha.
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