Attack on Kyivstar disrupts air raid alert system in Boryspil, no disruptions reported in other cities of Kyiv region
Kyiv • UNN
The air alert system in Kyiv continues to work despite a failure in the Kyivstar network. However, the warning system in Boryspil is temporarily down, and police will use loudspeakers to inform residents of the air alert.
The failure of Kyivstar did not affect the operation of the air raid warning system in the capital. This was reported by the Kyiv City State Administration, UNN reports.
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The Kyiv City Administration reported that the modernized part of the warning system works autonomously and remains in working order even in the absence of electricity, and the lack of of mobile communication from the Kyivstar operator also did not affect the operation of the the system. At the same time, the old part of the warning system is still installed in some places. Therefore, if necessary, air raid alerts will be announced through loudspeakers, installed on patrol police cars.
However, the air raid warning system does not work in Boryspil.
In the community the alert system is temporarily out of service. At this time, information about air raid alert will be carried out by police crews through their loudspeakers
Other urban communities in Kyiv region did not report that the failure of Kyivstar caused problems with air raid alerts. In particular, the hotline of the of Brovary City Council reported that they had not received any information that the system was down. received any information that the system was not working. Accordingly, it is operating as usual.
As a reminder,
Due to a technical failure in Kyivstar, the network's subscribers lost access to mobile communications and the Internet. "Kyivstar explained the large-scale failure by a powerful hacker attack. The SBU opened a criminal investigation into the cyberattack on "Kyivstar, suspecting russia of involvement.
