Ukraine's strikes on Yandex data centers disrupt digital services in Russia2026-10-14Between October 8 and 11, Ukrainian drones struck Yandex data centers in Sasovo, Kaluga and Vladimir; the facilities were damaged or put out of service.The outages affected companies' and users' services, including banking, payments, food delivery and taxis, which rely on Yandex's cloud infrastructure.According to Cloudflare data cited by Tom’s Hardware, traffic to Yandex Search and Yandex.Cloud remained at 10–15% of normal levels.Cloudflare recorded a decline of just 0.6% in traffic from Russian IP addresses and a 5.7% drop in bot activity on social networks; bot farms moved their resources to other providers.According to Infobae, citing Kommersant, replacing the damaged equipment could take up to six months.На людей плювати: після атак по "Яндексу" Росія передусім відновила ботів (24 Kanal)На людей плевать: после атак на "Яндекс" Россия в первую очередь восстановила ботов (24 Kanal)Ucrania golpeó tres centros de datos de Yandex y desató apagones digitales en toda Rusia (Infobae)From Banking to Taxis, Ukraine’s Data Center Strikes Disrupt Everyday Life in Russia (The Moscow Times)Why Ukrainian strikes on data centers are a real problem for Russia — and beyond (Politico Europe)Україна шукає, чим ще тиснути на РФ — The Atlantic (ZN.UA)Росія повертається у кам'яний вік: удари по "Яндексу" започаткували новий етап війни (24 Kanal)Russian Courts Paralyzed by Yandex Cloud Outages After Drone Attacks – Vyorstka (The Moscow Times)Ukraine hits Russian data centres in blow to Moscow's AI capabilities (Euronews)Ukraine showed Trump how easily an enemy could cripple an AI powerhouse (Fox News)