Russian Overnight Strikes Kill Four Across Ukraine, Hit Kyiv Data Centre

Russian overnight airstrikes killed at least four people across Ukraine and damaged a data centre in the capital, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

Three people died in the Zaporizhzhia region and a man was killed in Kyiv, Zelenskyy said in a post on X. He added that civilian infrastructure, including energy facilities and residential buildings, came under attack in at least eight regions.

According to Zelenskyy, a data centre in Kyiv was struck twice in the morning. Three people, among them two children, were injured in the first strike, he said, without giving further details.

Mobile operator Kyivstar later said its headquarters in the capital had been damaged in a Russian drone attack. All employees were reported safe and the company was assessing the extent of the damage.

Russia's Defence Ministry said its drones targeted a data centre operated by Vodafone, describing the company as one of the largest providers of mobile services and high-speed internet to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. It said the facility was the second data centre in the capital to be hit in three days.

The ministry also said its forces struck two logistics centres in the Kyiv and Odesa regions, along with a dry cargo vessel bound for the port of Odesa.

Odesa region governor Oleh Kiper said a "massive" overnight strike damaged a medical facility, a hotel, a shop and a warehouse storing grain crops, among other sites.

Meanwhile, Russia's air-defence systems intercepted 96 Ukrainian drones between 8 p.m. Moscow time and 8 a.m., over regions bordering Ukraine, the annexed Crimean peninsula and the Black Sea, the Defence Ministry said. Ukraine's air forces said Russia launched 170 drones overnight, beginning at 6 p.m.

The exchanges continue as Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine runs well into its fifth year with no peace agreement in sight. The United States has urged both sides to agree to a pause on strikes against each other's energy assets, but neither has accepted.

Separately, Ukrainian drone manufacturer Pegasus Arms said it had halted operations after suffering significant damage in a Russian ballistic missile strike last week. The company said on Facebook that it was the second attack on its production facilities, adding that production had been moved and resumed after an earlier strike on September 2 but has now been suspended indefinitely again.