The company also emphasized that today’s failure is not a new cyber attack. Similar problems may still occur. Company representative Anna Zakharash explained this on Radio Svoboda.

“This means overcoming the consequences of the previous attack,” Zakharash said.

According to him, subscribers may experience short outages again in the near future.

Previously, the company stated that they were aware of the issue and were working to restore services.

Kyivstar malfunction: what happened today

• Kyivstar subscribers complained about the communication problems experienced on the morning of December 20 on the company’s social media pages. In particular, the connection was lost and there were interruptions in the mobile internet.
• Subscribers of Kiev, Sumy, Rivne, Kirovohrad, Odesa, Lviv, Donetsk and other regions report disruptions in communications.