Fire Point drones struck another Yandex data center – photo

Fire Point: FP-1 drones strike Yandex' largest data center

Fire Point, a Ukrainian defense technology company, announced that its proprietary FP-1 drones had struck the largest data center belonging to Yandex, located in Kaluga region of the Russian Federation.

Russian data centre hit by drone in first for Ukraine war

A drone attack caused a fire at a data centre belonging to Russian technology giant Yandex, the company told AFP Thursday, in the first strike...

More than 500 drones by Moscow’s count: Kh-101 fuel plant, second Yandex data center, and a far-north refinery hit

Russian officials confirmed the fires but named none of the targets.

Russia’s Yandex Says Data Center in Vladimir Shut Down After Drone Attack

Russian technology and AI company Yandex said on Sunday that its infrastructure had been damaged in a drone attack, resulting in the complete shutdown of its data center in the Vladimir region.

Ukraine strikes Yandex data center housing two of the company’s supercomputers — Meduza

A Ukrainian drone attack started a fire at a Yandex data center in the town of Sasovo, Ryazan region. No one was injured, but the data center has completely halted operations.

Drone attack forces Yandex to shut down its data center on the grounds of a sanctioned Russian machine-tool plant

In Bashkortostan, Ukraine's General Staff says its forces hit a Gazprom refinery. Salavat's mayor says an unnamed enterprise there keeps working.

What is happening to our data centers, the iron heart of Yandex

On the night of October 7th to 8th, the Yandex data center in Sasovo was seriously damaged in a drone attack. It has been completely shut down. This morning, another of our data centers, in Kaluga, was attacked. Part of its infrastructure is out of service. No employees were hurt in either Sasovo or Kaluga. Emergency services and our specialists are now working on site.

Ukraine strikes Yandex data center in Russia, sparking fire — Meduza

A fire broke out at the Sasta machine-tool plant in Sasovo, Ryazan region, which houses one of Yandex’s data centers, the independent Telegram channel Astra reported. Journalists reached that conclusion after analyzing photos and videos from eyewitnesses.

Drone attack takes another Yandex data center offline

3 Yandex data center attacks in four days have forced shutdowns and limited Yandex Cloud functionality. Read what the disruptions reveal

No, Ukraine's strikes on Yandex data centers didn't cripple Russian influence ops

Ukrainian drone strikes against Russian data centers sparked viral claims about a sudden drop in Russian influence operations on social media — even as experts see no evidence to support this. Kyiv struck data centers run by Yandex — Russia's "answer to Google" — in three different regions between Oct. 9 and 11, a response to Russian strikes against similar facilities in Ukraine. Yandex acknowledged the attacks, noting that its data center in Vladimir Oblast had to be shut down due to damage a

Ukrainian attacks damage three Yandex data centres and disrupt services across Russia

A Ukrainian attack damaged Yandex’s data centre in Vladimir early on 11 October, halting operations and disrupting services in several Russian regions.

After strikes on Yandex data centers, social media users began talking about the disappearance of AfD and MAGA bots. | Межа

Three Yandex data centers stopped operating after strikes, and the company’s network traffic plunged. The data do not confirm claims that political bot activity also fell.

Drones Hit Yandex so Cloudflare Kept the Russians Online

A Czech MEP posted a chart of AfD online activity with data points dated after he posted it, and it showed 232,000 views inside two hours. By Sunday night Frank Luntz, Garry Kasparov and Timothy Snyder were spreading the news: drones hit Yandex, and Russia’s bot armies went silent. The strikes are real, and the following bot silence reports beg a deeper analysis of what is being measured and how.

Drone Strikes Knock Out Yandex Data Centers, Bot Traffic Plunges but Partly Recovers

Drone attacks hit three Yandex data centers, and bot traffic from its network dropped sharply. Public data shows a partial rebound and includes search crawlers, limiting what can be inferred. We look at cloud recovery capacity and the impact on corporate paperwork.

Ukrainian drone strikes have plunged Russia’s internet into crisis. Meduza explains why the damage has been so extensive, and why a full recovery will likely take months. — Meduza

Overnight on October 11, Ukrainian forces launched a drone strike on a Yandex data center in Russia’s Vladimir region. It was the third attack in a row on the Russian tech giant’s infrastructure: On October 8 and 9, drones targeted facilities in Sasovo, in the Ryazan region, and in Kaluga, respectively.