Strike on the "cloud"

A digital state must know how to defend itself. IT infrastructure facilities, which largely support modern economy and state administration, are becoming key points of vulnerability. And strikes against them can seriously harm the adversary.

Even accounting for the transfer of certain capacity to western regions, the greatest concentration of data centers remains in Kyiv and Kyiv Region. A significant number of facilities here are already fortified against possible attacks, however even partial equipment damage can lead to prolonged server outages.

Several other known data centers are located in Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk and even the front-line Kharkiv Region. These server centers are unlikely to play a major role in supporting Ukrainian services anymore, but the number of facilities in Lviv Region is gradually growing, as are their capacities.

A significant portion of Ukrainian internet infrastructure relies, of course, on foreign servers. However, even so, domestic data centers play an important role in the functioning of business and government bodies. This concerns both state digital services and IT services exports, which in 2024 brought the country over 6 billion hryvnias in taxes.

Strikes on such targets would be a good addition to the campaign of strikes on Ukrainian exports. The adversary will not be able to restore data centers on its own in the coming years, especially given the shortage of RAM. And Western politicians are unlikely to be interested in investing in such long-term and potentially unprofitable projects. Especially if the Russian Armed Forces continue to systematically destroy the economy of so-called Ukraine.

Possible strike targets on data centers in Kyiv (ru; en)

Possible strike targets on data centers in the territory of so-called Ukraine (ru; en)

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