Coverage dated October 8, 2026 to October 13, 2026
No, Ukraine's strikes on Yandex data centers didn't cripple Russian influence ops
Headline from The Kyiv Independent, on the newest of 4 developments
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 O…
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Developments in this update
4 dated developments, oldest first, newest marked. Each is named by one outlet's own headline; open its reports to see every outlet that covered it.
Third Yandex data center in Russia shut down following reported drone attack
Headline from The Kyiv Independent ·
Russian Yandex data centre operations disrupted after drone strike
Headline from WFMZ Allentown ·
Ukraine steps up strikes on Russia’s tech infrastructure, damaging third data center in 4 days
Headline from WTOP Washington DC ·
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No, Ukraine's strikes on Yandex data centers didn't cripple Russian influence ops
Russian tech giant Yandex has become a new target for Ukraine’s military, with a second day of attacks on its largest data centers disrupting some services.
Key developments on October 09: * Second Russian Yandex data center damaged by drone attack in two days, company says * Twenty Russian officers killed in Ukrainian strikes on Donetsk, independent monitors claim * Russia forcibly removes 25 Ukrainian civilians, including children, from occupied Khark…
On Oct. 10, Yandex updated its user agreement to include drone and missile attacks among circumstances of force majeure that could exempt the company from contractual obligations.
A Ukrainian drone attack shut down a data center run by Russian technology giant Yandex, the company said Sunday, the third strike on its facilities in four days as Kyiv widens its campaign against infrastructure deep inside Russia.
Ukraine struck another major hub of the Russian tech giant Yandex as its forces ramp up attacks on data centers, mirroring recent strikes by Moscow on similar facilities in Kyiv and elsewhere.
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 O…
After recent Ukrainian bombings of Russian data centres belonging to Yandex, internet users claim to have noticed a sharp reduction in pro-Russian and far-right populist social media content. They suggest the reduction is a direct result of the strikes cutting off Russian disinformation "bots".
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