Russian military says it struck Vodafone data center in Kyiv, calling it a key military telecoms hub

Russia's military said it struck a Vodafone data center in Kyiv, describing the facility as one of the largest providers of telecommunications and internet services to Ukraine's armed forces, according to a report by the Russian state news agency TASS, which cited senior military officials.

The claim was attributed to unnamed Russian military leadership and has not been independently verified. Vodafone Ukraine and Ukrainian officials had not issued a public response to the reported strike at the time of the report, and TASS did not provide additional details on the scale of any damage, casualties, or the precise location of the facility within Kyiv.

Russia has repeatedly targeted telecommunications and energy infrastructure in Ukraine since launching its full-scale invasion of the country in February 2022, saying such facilities support Ukrainian military operations. Ukrainian officials have accused Moscow of deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure.

As with other claims made by Russian military sources during the war, this report could not be corroborated using information available from independent sources at the time of writing.