In brief
A Ukrainian drone strike has damaged Yandex’s data centre near Moscow, forcing a halt to operations. This is the third hit on the Russian tech giant this week, with earlier attacks on sites in Sasovo and Kaluga. The company confirmed that no staff were injured, but services such as its AI chatbot faced outages. The attacks form part of Kyiv’s strategy to hit revenue‑generating targets of Russia’s war machine.
A Ukrainian drone strike has damaged Yandex’s data centre near Moscow, forcing the company to suspend operations at the Vladimir site.
No staff were reported injured, though the facility’s outage has impacted services such as the AI chatbot and smart‑home devices.
This strike follows earlier attacks on Yandex sites in Sasovo and Kaluga, showing a pattern of targeting the Russian tech firm’s infrastructure.
Ukraine’s campaign targets revenue‑generating assets of Russia’s war machine, and Kyiv claims the strikes could divert Moscow’s resources to repair damaged data centres.
The Sunday attack came hours after former U.S. President Donald Trump urged Ukraine to stop hitting Russian oil refineries so Moscow could release more diesel to the global market, a stance that has drawn criticism from Europe.
