The provider released footage documenting the blast damage across the facility.
"We must state the fact: following a massive enemy attack, Kyiv Omega Telecom data center is ceasing its operations. We continue to restore communication channels and internet access via reserve backup sites," the company said in an official statement.
While the provider did not disclose the precise calendar date of the strike, the announcement was published near midnight going into Oct. 6, accompanied by photographic documentation recorded in the immediate aftermath of the bombardment.
The development aligns with warnings from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who earlier emphasized that Russia is actively attempting to sever Ukrainian citizens from internet connectivity and telecommunications.
Systematic Russian Campaign Against Data Infrastructure
Dline.ua destruction: In early October, Russian strikes demolished the Dline.ua data center located on Predslavynska Street in central Kyiv. Technical teams completed an emergency migration of all client services and digital assets onto secondary backup servers.
Core telecom impacts: Subsequent Russian strikes in the capital damaged a key municipal data center housing core routing equipment for the UTELS network, alongside structural damage inflicted on a facility operated by the Pavutina internet provider.
Traffic exchange node hit: Internet service provider Crazy Network reported that a missile strike directly impacted a central traffic exchange data hub in Kyiv, causing severe connectivity outages for subscribers across Vinnytsia, Kyiv, and Khmelnytskyi oblasts.
Cosmonova shutdown: Russian bombardment also targeted facilities belonging to tech firm Cosmonova, forcing its primary Kyiv data center to halt operational services.
Disrupting emergency alert grids: Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha warned that Moscow is intentionally targeting commercial and municipal data centers to disable digital public warning networks and disrupt automated air raid sirens.