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Russian occupation forces have changed the tactics of attacks on Ukraine’s digital infrastructure. While previously the targets were mainly energy facilities, in recent weeks the enemy has been purposefully destroying key communication nodes and data centers (data processing centers). Anatoly Frolenkov, a consultant in the telecom, IT and media market, told dev.ua about the prerequisites, consequences of the latest attacks and the resilience of the Ukrainian network segment. He also provided advice on how ordinary users and businesses can minimize risks.

The architecture of the labor market is changing: the line between classic IT and other fields is becoming less and less visible. In 2026, the largest categories of vacancies in the Ukrainian IT market will be analytics, marketing, HR, Sales and QA, while AI/ML, Data Science and Data Engineering remain among the areas with the highest level of employment of specialists. At the same time, 30% of Ukrainian IT professionals would be ready to change their field if they were offered better conditions. So working with big data today does not necessarily mean a classic IT career. Analytics, machine learning, and AI are increasingly penetrating marketing, manufacturing, customer experience, and business operations. According to DOU, AI/ML/DS/Data Engineering specialists in 2026 are among the groups to whom recruiters write most often: 65% of Ukrainian specialists in these areas receive such messages several times a month. In the public mind, Philip Morris is a conservative tobacco giant with paper packs, distribution trucks, and classic marketing from the last century. But behind the corporate facade, the company has long lived by the laws of the technology business: they work with billions of data points, build ML models, and gradually integrate generative AI into business processes. All product and marketing hypotheses at Philip Morris are based on a foundation maintained by a team led by Dmitry Sitenko, senior manager of customer experience management. In a partner article, he told dev.ua how data shapes the company’s agenda and helps solve customer pain points.

Ukrainians have already learned to prepare well for power outages: power banks are charged, flashlights are in an accessible place, some have a charging station, some have a generator. But there’s another system that we often only think about when it stops working: communications. And the latest attacks show that the problem today is not just the lack of electricity. Russia is not only attacking energy infrastructure. Data centers, communication nodes, provider equipment, and other elements of digital infrastructure are also under attack.

“Get internet in buckets,” jokes Mykola Andrushchenko, marketing director of the Lanet network, on his Facebook page. Dark humor, Mykola. But funny. Thank you! In Kyiv, what I personally feared the most (regarding the destruction of infrastructure by the Russians) is beginning - hitting telecom sites and data centers.

The story of the creation of the new social platform MoodiMix began as an ordinary student project of two friends who wanted to spend their summer vacation usefully. Today, it is a full-fledged product with a clear vision, where every user action turns into progress, and their own profile takes on the features of a game character. The main feature of MoodiMix is ​​the introduction of gamification into the usual process of social interaction. The platform allows users to not just consume content, but to experience constant development thanks to the XP system, level accumulation, and deep page customization. MoodiMix founder and Fullstack developer Vlad Goncharenko told dev.ua how he created the project, what technologies he used, and how he plans to develop the social network further.