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Russian ballistic strike on Kyiv destroys Datagroup data centre, damages hospital and mall
A Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv on the night of 19 October completely destroyed the equipment and infrastructure of the Datagroup data centre, which the company says cannot be restored. The same wave of strikes damaged a hospital diagnostic centre, the Cosmo Multimall shopping centre, an Accounting Chamber building, metro infrastructure and residential buildings across three city districts. The State Emergency Service reported at least one killed and ten injured nationwide. Ukrainian officials framed the data-centre strikes as an attempt to disrupt air-raid warning systems, and President Zelensky said partners again failed to provide advance warning of the ballistic launch.
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Ukrainian drones hit three Yandex data centres; Zelensky says social media became 'easier to breathe on'
Between 8 and 11 October 2026, Ukrainian drones struck three of Yandex's five largest data centres in Russia — in Sasovo (Ryazan Oblast), Kaluga and Vladimir (Vladimir Oblast). Cloudflare Radar data cited by Tom's Hardware shows bot traffic from Yandex's network collapsing from roughly 80–88% of its two-week peak a week earlier to about 57% after the first strike and to 0.3–0.4% after the third, while NetBlocks reported Yandex Cloud traffic fell to 30% of normal levels. Speaking by video link at the Warsaw Security Forum, President Volodymyr Zelensky said the strikes made social media 'easier to breathe on' and proved that 'Europe is not the source of the problem.' American historian Timothy Snyder and MEP Tomasz Zdechovský suggested the drop showed Russian hosting of bots supporting Trump and Germany's AfD, a reading fact-check analyses contest.
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Kyiv's Omega Telecom data center ceases work after Russian strike
The Kyiv-based Omega Telecom data center stopped operating following a Russian strike, the company said in a post on its Facebook page around midnight on October 6. Specialists are working to restore communication channels and internet access at backup sites, though no completion timeline was given. The shutdown is part of a broader Russian campaign that has damaged multiple Ukrainian data and communications facilities in late September and early October.