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Zelensky says Russia has widened attacks to hit Ukraine's data centres

Such strikes aim to disrupt "people's ability to stay connected, study, work", says Ukraine's president.

BBC World•

Four people were killed in a Russian drone strike on a business centre in Kyiv, Ukrainian officials said

President Volodymyr Zelensky says Russia has widened its attacks to target Ukraine's data centres and internet providers, seeking to cause maximum disruption for ordinary people.

On Friday a Russian drone hit a business centre in the capital Kyiv, killing four people and damaging a data centre. A separate attack killed a 14-year-old boy. Israel's foreign ministry said the teenager was an Israeli citizen.

But Serhii Beskrestnov stressed that Ukraine's internet network was highly decentralised, so the country "will not be left without internet access".