Russia’s Defense Ministry said it struck the DataGroup data center in Kyiv on Friday, September 25, 2026, claiming the facility handled the processing and transmission of intelligence data for Ukraine’s armed forces, according to Sputnik Globe.

Operator Datagroup confirmed that its data center in Kyiv was damaged in an attack on Friday afternoon, with no injuries and services running from backup sites, according to Interfax-Ukraine. The company said customer data was preserved and that all services continued to operate from redundancy sites, according to Interfax-Ukraine.