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<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify">According to the CEO of Kyivstar, the biggest telecom provider in Ukraine, a Russian hack brought down the company's operations, cutting off internet connection for millions of people nationwide.</p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify">The company's services "collapsed," according to NetBlocks, a company that keeps track of worldwide internet disruptions. </p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify">Kyivstar posted on its Facebook page that both phone and Internet access are down.</p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify"><img alt="The leading mobile internet provider in Ukraine is unavailable" src="http://gospeedcheck.com/filemanager/data-images/imgs/20240109/the-leading-mobile-internet-provider-in-ukraine-is-unavailable.jpg" style="display:block; height:400px; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; width:640px"></p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center"><em>The leading mobile internet provider in Ukraine is unavailable</em></p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify">According to reports, the outage is among the worst assaults against a civilian communications infrastructure ever. </p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify">Viasat, a well-known American satellite internet provider in Ukraine, was attacked at the beginning of Russia's invasion of that country by hackers that experts identified as being in Russia.</p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify">A request for comment was not immediately answered by Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.</p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify">Oleksandr Komarov, the CEO of Kyivstar, stated on television that the interruption was caused by Russia.</p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify">He said that "the war with the Russian Federation has many dimensions, and one of them is in cyberspace." </p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify">"Unluckily, the operator was the victim of a very strong cyberattack this morning, which has prevented access to the internet and telecommunication services.”</p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify">According to Komarov, the attack was partially successful in its aim to damage the virtual infrastructure of the company. </p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify">He also stated that Kyivstar closed the whole business to limit the attack.</p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify">"It's unclear how soon services will be restored. In order to go back to communicating as soon as possible, we are trying to undo the effects of this assault," he added.</p>

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