The director of the company, Oleksandr Komarov, said this on the broadcast of the TV channel “Rada”. 24 Channels. He emphasized that currently the company cannot calculate the exact amount of damage, but the scale is huge and reaches billions of hryvnias.

Will tariffs increase?

It is clear that the company will need money for recovery, and one of the ways to make additional profits may be to increase tariffs for users, but Komarov emphasized that “the company has no plans to increase tariffs yet.”

We now need to restore all services, stabilize operations and calculate the true impact of this event on our economy. I believe that Kyivstar is more than a strong company that can overcome such a challenge.
– finished Komarov.

How was Kyivstar restored?

Following the largest cyberattack in the company’s history on December 12, Kyivstar immediately devoted all its resources to restoring the infrastructure and network.

The attack, for which Russia claimed responsibility, deprived all mobile and internet users, as well as home internet users, of network connectivity.

• On 20 December, Kyivstar reported that the connection had been almost completely restored, with only a few possible malfunctions remaining. On the day of the attack, the company had restored access to fixed “home” internet for some of its customers. As of December 14, access for subscribers across the country was fully restored.
• Without stopping here, the next day “Kyivstar” successfully restored mobile Internet services in almost all regions of the country.
• Additionally, on December 18, SMS messaging services were made available to users again.
• Mobile internet became available in Kiev and Kharkiv metros on December 19.
• In addition to these successes, the “My Kyivstar” mobile application, which had been inaccessible for several days, was also made available again.