Conflict & Security
Ukrainian strikes disable two Yandex data centres in Russia
October 9, 2026 at 05:57 PM
Coverage
3 reports · 1 in Arabic, 2 in English · over 11 hours
BNBBC News
Russian search engine Yandex struggles after Ukrainian strikes on data centres
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AJAl Jazeera English
Ukraine takes aim at Russia’s AI data infrastructure
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SNSky News Arabia
"غوغل روسيا" تحت النار.. هل دخلت حرب أوكرانيا مرحلة جديدة؟
(opens the publisher’s site)Ukrainian drone attacks have seriously damaged two Yandex data centres in western Russia, as Kyiv widens its campaign against Moscow's technology infrastructure.
- Yandex said its Sasovo data centre in the Ryazan region was "seriously damaged" by a drone attack overnight Thursday, with operations "completely suspended."
- Its Kaluga data centre was also struck Friday morning, Yandex said, with part of the site's infrastructure "taken out of service."
- Yandex said teams were working "day and night" to keep services running and that it could not predict when the centres would return online.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky said the attacks were a "mirror-like" response to Russian strikes on Ukrainian data centres.