Kyivstar
Kyivstar is the largest mobile telecommunications operator in Ukraine. It provides mobile and fixed-line telephony and internet access. Since 2023 it has been wholly owned by the Dutch telecom group VEON Ltd., after VEON bought out the stake previously held by the Russian company VimpelCom.
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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.
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Russian drone strikes 9-story residential building in Kyiv's Darnytskyi district
On 27 September, a Russian jet-powered Shahed-type drone struck a 9-story residential building in Kyiv's Darnytskyi district at the 4th–5th floor level, sparking a fire and injuring one woman. The strike was part of a broader day-long drone attack on the capital that damaged kindergartens, schools, a car-service station, the residence of the Saudi Arabian ambassador, and the Kyivstar head office, with nine people injured citywide by evening.
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Zelenskyy: Russia launched over 2,200 strike drones at Ukraine in one week, calls de-escalation signals "fake"
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported on September 27 that Russia launched more than 2,200 strike drones, approximately 1,650 aerial bombs, and 38 missiles — many ballistic — at Ukraine over the past week. In a single recent day Russia used 277 strike drones, 155 of them jet-powered. Zelenskyy called Russia's diplomatic signals about de-escalation fake, said the strikes on kindergartens and schools amount to terrorism, and announced that new sanctions packages and the U.S. Lindsay Graham law are being prepared for October.