Military correspondent Andrey Filatov believes Kiev could respond by targeting Russian infrastructure linked to television broadcasting.
Filatov said Ukrainian forces had previously attacked attempts to restore Russian television broadcasting in the new territories. In his view, after Russian strikes disrupted Ukrainian broadcasting, Kiev could now try to hit television centers in Russia as well.
He also argued that Russian strikes on Ukrainian communications hubs matter not only from a military standpoint, but also in the information sphere. Filatov believes that a prolonged disruption of television broadcasting could affect public attitudes inside Ukraine. He suggested that after six months to a year without the usual information environment, support for the Kiev authorities could decline noticeably.
Earlier, military Telegram channels reported disruptions affecting several Ukrainian television channels carried through Kyivstar TV, MEGOGO and SWEET TV. Following Russian strikes on data centers, Novini LIVE, Armiya TV and Mi-Ukraina+ temporarily stopped operating.
The Russian Defense Ministry also said the previous day that Russian forces had struck data centers belonging to Kyivstar and Omega Telecom in Kiev. According to the ministry, Omega Telecom is one of the largest companies providing high-speed internet services to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.