Ukrainian TV and digital services disrupted by Russian strikes
Ukrainian television channels and digital services experienced outages after Russian attacks on data centers in Kyiv, with multiple sources confirming damage to key infrastructure supporting internet and broadcast services.
Consensus
- Russian forces attacked data centers in Kyiv
- Ukrainian television channels experienced signal outages
- Digital services including MEGOGO and online platforms were disrupted
- The attacks caused widespread internet access issues in Kyiv
- The damage affected multiple data centers used for military communications and civilian internet services
- Some channels resumed partial operations after the attacks
Points of divergence
- Russian forces attacked the New-Telco data center on September 23, which is a key node for military internet traffic — vm
- Russian forces also attacked military-industrial and energy facilities, including a drone production materials storage facility — vm
- Putin claimed the Russian response was so effective that Kyiv requested a ceasefire — vm
- The 'Novini LIVE' channel lost signal due to multiple Russian strikes on telecom providers in Kyiv — tg_astrapress
- Four major data centers supporting internet and Starlink for Ukrainian forces were damaged — tg_mash
- Russian forces hit four data centers: United DC, New-Telco, Parkovyi, and Datagroup — riamo
- Ukrainian users lost access to social media platforms like YouTube and Instagram — riamo
- At least four TV channels stopped broadcasting: 'My Ukraine+', 'Novosti.Live', 'Public News', and 'Army TV' — vesti
- The 'Novosti.Live' channel reported a broadcasting failure, and the 'Pryamoy' channel reported its website was inaccessible — tg_tass_agency
- Ministry of Defense of Russia stated that the Vodafone data center was targeted because it provided services to Ukrainian military for intelligence transmission — tg_dwglavnoe
- MEGOGO attributed service outages to a Russian strike on the Cosmonova data center, which is a key partner — tg_dwglavnoe
- Ukrainian forces began relocating backup servers abroad — riamo
Coverage (13 sources)
- In Ukraine after strikes by RF signal of several TV channels and digital services disappeared. RF Ministry of Defense reported damage to Vod... data center — DW Главное
- Ukrainian channels stopped working in mass after strike of Armed Forces of Russia — Вечерняя Москва
- Ukrainian TV channel "Novini LIVE" lost signal after Russian attack on data centers in Kyiv "Due to numerous..." — ASTRA
- Saturday is coming to an end. Main news of the day — in our traditional digest. — Mash
- Almost all Ukrainian TV channels lost signal in Kyiv after strikes by Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on data centers. — Baza
- Ukrainian TV channels stop operations after attack on data centers in Kyiv — РИАМО
- Four Ukrainian TV channels stopped broadcasting after attacks on Kyiv — Вести
- Ukrainian TV channels face problems after data center explosions. Specifically, the channel 'News.Live' reported... — ТАСС (Telegram)
- A row of Ukrainian TV channels suspended broadcasting due to strikes by the Russian army — Вечерняя Москва
- Ukrainian TV channels stop operations after Armed Forces of the Russian Federation attack on data centers in Kyiv — ours hit a quarter of all Ukrainian... — Mash
- Two Ukrainian channels reported on disruptions — Вести
- Ukrainian channels report service disruptions due to Russian attacks on data centers — ЭХО / Новости
- Ukrainian TV channels face issues following data center explosions. — ТАСС (Telegram)
Key entities
- Kyiv
- Russia
- VS
- Ukraine
- Ukrainian Armed Forces
- News.LIVE
- Novini LIVE
- Pryamoy
- Moscow
- Media
- Ministry of Defense
- MO
- Telegram channel
- Mash
- Sergey Lavrov