According to Phoenix Satellite TV, the Russian technology giant known as “Google” said on October 8 that one of its main data centers in the Ryazan region was attacked by drones and set on fire that day. The company said that the data center has currently been completely suspended and is recovering the affected services, and said that core user services were not affected. The report said that this was the first major attack on a Russian data center since the outbreak of the Russo-Ukrainian war.
Russian drones also continued to launch attacks on various locations including the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, on the same day, causing casualties. Water and electricity were cut in several districts of the Kiev state, and the Kiev mayor said that Russia‘s strikes had put Kiev into “survival mode” before winter.