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Ukraine Drones Take Out Three Yandex Datacentres, Payments and Cloud Still Limping
Ukrainian drone strikes hit three of Yandex's five Russian datacenters between October 7–9, causing serious damage and taking services including Yandex Cloud and Yandex Pay offline. Engineers are working to restore services, with connectivity reportedly at just 30% of normal levels, though the company assures users their money is safe. The attacks were described by Ukrainian President Zelensky as retaliation for Russian drone strikes on Kyiv datacenters, amid broader ongoing exchanges targeting each other's infrastructure.
Ukraine Takes Out Yandex's AI Infrastructure in Drone Counterstrikes
Ukrainian drone strikes have knocked out two of Yandex's five data centers, disrupting the Russian tech giant's AI services, digital banking, streaming platforms, and other online services. The attacks were described by President Zelenskyy as a direct and symmetrical response to Russian drone strikes targeting Ukrainian data centers, which had already disrupted internet and mobile services for thousands of Ukrainians. The strikes are part of Ukraine's broader escalating long-range drone campaign, which has increasingly targeted Russian infrastructure and commercial assets.
Drone Strike Knocks Out Yandex Datacenter. Industry Told You So.
A Ukrainian drone attack caused a fire at Yandex's datacenter in Sasovo, Russia, taking down one of its cloud availability zones with little prospect of near-term restoration. Yandex, Russia's dominant internet company, has not officially attributed the attack, though Ukrainian President Zelensky suggested it was a response to Russian attacks on Ukrainian datacenters. The incident highlights a growing trend of datacenters becoming targets in armed conflict, following a similar attack on an AWS facility in Bahrain earlier in the year.