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Russia hits Ukraine’s largest mobile provider, strikes data centres

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KYIV, Sept 27 (Reuters) - ‌Russia hit the headquarters of ​Kyivstar, Ukraine's largest mobile service provider on Sunday, the ⁠company told local media, as Moscow continued a bombardment of Ukrainian data centres and communications ​infrastructure.

Kyivstar told Interfax Ukraine news agency that its head ‌office in Kyiv had been hit, but there were no casualties.

Russia's defence ministry also said on ⁠Sunday it hit a data centre ⁠belonging to Vodafone Ukraine, the country's second-largest cell network provider. 

Vodafone Ukraine did not respond to a request for comment.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy ‌said Russia struck a data centre in Kyiv ⁠twice on Sunday morning, wounding ‌two children and an ​adult.

Moscow has also hit data centres belonging to Ukrainian internet providers over the past week, ‌causing service outages to about 100,000 ​households in Kyiv ⁠and the surrounding region, according to ‌Ukraine's digital ministry.

"Russia has ⁠targeted major Ukrainian data centres, seeking to disrupt the flow of information. Rapid alerts about missile ​and drone threats ‌are essential - they save lives," Ukraine's foreign minister ⁠Andrii Sybiha wrote ​on X on Wednesday. 

(Reporting by Max Hunder; ​Editing by Alexander Smith)

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