Kyiv strike damages Datagroup data centre; services move to backup sites
A Russian drone strike in Kyiv on Friday killed four people and damaged Datagroup’s data centre. The company said customer data was safe and services continued from backup sites. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said additional protection had been decided for data centres and communications infrastructure. Russia’s defence ministry claimed military intelligence used the site; that claim has not been independently verified.
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Drone strike damages a Kyiv business centre
Ukrainian officials said a Russian drone hit a business centre in Kyiv on Friday, killing four people and damaging a data centre inside. Datagroup, the Ukrainian communications company that operates the centre, said its employees were unharmed. Data centres such as Datagroup’s house the servers of companies and institutions and run communications and internet services. Drone strikes are an attack Russia uses often in its war in Ukraine. The death toll comes from Ukrainian officials, as BBC News reported.[1], [2]
Customer services continue from backup sites
Datagroup said customer data remained safe and its services continued from backup sites after the strike. Interfax-Ukraine reported that the company was assessing the damage and working to restore the facility. The backup arrangement kept the company’s services running while repair work remained open. Backup sites are second centres set up to keep the same services running when the main one is out of action.[1], [2]
Protection decision follows the damage
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said additional protection had been decided for data centres and facilities critical to communications. BBC News said it verified footage of the damaged Inkom business centre, where the Datagroup facility was located. Russia’s defence ministry claimed it struck the Datagroup site because Ukrainian military intelligence used it. That claim has not been independently verified.[1]
