Russia Says It Struck Kyiv and Kyiv Region with Missiles and Drones

The explicit targeting of a data processing center alongside defense-industrial sites marks an escalation in how digital infrastructure is treated as a legitimate military objective. That framing matters well beyond this conflict: it strengthens the precedent that commercial data facilities can be classified as military targets, a concern for operators and insurers of such infrastructure in any active theater. Whether similar strikes on data infrastructure become a recurring pattern, rather than a one-off, is the open question worth watching.