Ukraine's internet father: Data center strikes won't cut off access

Russian drone strikes on Kyiv data centers caused outages for some providers and raised new concerns about the resilience of Ukraine's internet infrastructure. Founder of MiroHost and head of Internet Invest Group Oleksandr Olshansky said even the destruction of several data centers does not mean the country could completely lose internet access. Olshansky noted that compared to power plants, railways, food warehouses, medicine, and fuel depots, strikes on data centers seem minor, though he acknowledged some services may temporarily work worse. He said about ten of hundreds of YouTube cache servers in Ukraine were destroyed, causing slower service for several days until caches refill. Olshansky advised Ukrainians to keep paper copies of documents, cash, and a "go bag" during wartime, as reliance on cards and cashless payments is risky. He has worked in Ukrainian IT since 1999, co-founded UA-IX, and is called the "father of the Ukrainian internet" by Wikipedia.