Kyivstar Group Ltd (Nasdaq: KYIV; KYIVW), the parent company of JSC Kyivstar (“Kyivstar”), Ukraine's leading digital operator and part of VEON Group (Nasdaq: VEON), today shared that its investments in network resilience and modernization exceeded 30% of the Company’s revenue in 2025. Since the start of the full-scale war, a total of approximately $913 million (UAH 40.1 billion) has been allocated to infrastructure restoration, modernization, and the expansion of digital capacity.
Kyivstar operates the largest 4G network in Ukraine, providing millions of subscribers with access to critically important communication services. In 2025, the company built over 6,000 new base stations and expanded LTE coverage to an additional 630 communities. 96.2% of the population in territory controlled by Ukraine currently has access to Kyivstar’s high-speed 4G service.
The company is also actively expanding coverage along major highways. Throughout 2025, new base stations were deployed across more than 300 sections of international and national roads, including improved coverage along the Kyiv–Kharkiv, Kyiv–Odesa and Kyiv–Lviv routes.
Additionally, a large network modernization program is underway. Kyivstar is upgrading equipment and implementing new technology solutions to increase 4G network capacity and service stability. In the past year alone, more than 10,000 base station upgrades were completed.
The full-scale war continues to pose significant challenges, with Ukraine’s telecom infrastructure sustaining repeated attacks. Despite this, Kyivstar works diligently to restore connectivity as soon as it is safe to do so. In 2025, more than 10 network sites damaged by attacks on infrastructure were restored, and since the beginning of the full-scale war, nearly 700 sites have been brought back online.
Kyivstar’s sustained investment in the network enables the Company to provide millions of subscribers with reliable mobile connectivity and high-speed internet while continuing to develop Ukraine’s digital infrastructure despite the challenges of the war.
