Russian drones strike Ukraine’s data centers by exploiting air defense gaps

Russia’s drone campaign against Ukrainian data centers shows how physical attacks can rapidly degrade digital services, disrupt communications, and threaten banking, payments, public services, and the broader economy. For CIOs and technology leaders, the key takeaway is that cyber resilience is no longer enough on its own: critical IT operations must be designed for geopolitical and infrastructure risk through geographic redundancy, alternate connectivity, and recovery plans that assume facilities may become unavailable without warning.