Armiia TV channel suspends broadcasting due to Russian strikes

Armiia TV channel, a Ukrainian state-owned military television channel, has suspended its operations due to Russian attacks.

Source: Armiia TV on Facebook

Details: The channel's press service did not specify when broadcasting will resume but noted that it continues to operate on YouTube and social media.

Background:

• A Russian attack on 23 September damaged one of Kyiv's data centres housing the core equipment of the Utels internet service provider.
• The attack also caused disruptions to the Fex.net cloud service.
• Internet services have been disrupted for around 100,000 households in Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast following a Russian attack.
• Following a Russian attack on Kyiv data centres, Domonet, Kievnet and Faust internet providers reported infrastructure damage and internet disruptions.
• A data centre housing infrastructure belonging to hosting provider MiroHost was destroyed in a Russian attack, leaving the company unable to say when operations will be restored.
• On 25 September, a data centre operated by Datagroup was damaged in another Russian attack.
• President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said decisions on protecting data centres and other critical communications infrastructure had been taken at a meeting of the Staff of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief.
• Ukrainian TV channel Novyny.LIVE has temporarily suspended broadcasts because of disruptions affecting some of its services following a Russian attack on infrastructure in Kyiv.

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