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Ukrainian drone strikes knock Yandex data centers offline and reduce Russian bot traffic

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Ukrainian drone strikes targeting key Yandex data centers in Central Russia have knocked multiple facilities offline and caused bot traffic on Yandex networks to drop significantly to 0.4% of its two-week high. [1][2]

What changed

  • The disruptions began after a strike on a data center in Sasovo, followed by a second strike on a campus in Kaluga and a subsequent attack in Vladimir, leaving Yandex Cloud Zones operating with limited functionality and dozens of services offline. [1][2]

The context

  • The targeted infrastructure belongs to Yandex, which functions as Russia's domestic equivalent to Google. [1][2]

Across the publications

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