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Ukrainian strikes on three Yandex data centers disrupt services across Russia
Ukraine has struck three data centers owned by Yandex, a major Russian technology company, in the Ryazan, Kaluga and Vladimir regions.
The attacks began overnight on October 7-8, and operations at the Sasovo and Vladimir sites have been halted; parts of the Kaluga facility were also knocked out.
Yandex provides services including email, maps, taxi and food delivery, digital payments and cloud computing for businesses.
Damage to its facilities has disrupted some of these services and also affected other companies that rely on Yandex’s infrastructure.
Yandex says users’ money is safe, but it has not given a timetable for restoring all services.
The company says it has restored access to some popular tools and is moving customer data and services to other cloud providers.
Ukraine says the strikes were retaliation for Russian attacks on data centers in Ukraine.
Russian officials say they are discussing ways to improve protection for Yandex’s facilities.
Ukrainian drone strikes hit three Yandex data centers in Russia between October 7 and October 11, disrupting the company’s cloud, payments and other services.
The facilities were in Sasovo in the Ryazan region, Kaluga and Vladimir.
The Sasovo and Vladimir centers shut down completely, while the Kaluga facility sustained infrastructure damage.
Yandex said restoration work was continuing around the clock and that it could not give a precise timeline for restoring services.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described the attacks as retaliation for Russian strikes on Ukrainian data centers.
- Who
- Ukrainian drones targeted Yandex data centers. Yandex is a Russian technology company.
- What
- Three data centers were hit, disrupting cloud services, payments and other digital services.
- When
- The strikes took place between October 7 and October 11, 2026.
- Where
- The facilities were in Sasovo in the Ryazan region, Kaluga and Vladimir, Russia.
- Why
- Zelensky said the attacks were retaliation for Russian strikes on Ukrainian data centers.
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Drones struck Yandex's Sasovo data center in the Ryazan region, sparking a fire and forcing the facility to shut down.
A strike hit the company's Kaluga data center and damaged part of its infrastructure.
Yandex updated its user agreement to include drone and missile attacks among circumstances that could exempt it from contractual obligations.
A reported drone attack targeted the Vladimir data center, which Yandex said had shut down completely.
Russian Digital Development Minister Maksut Shadayev said the government was working on measures to protect data centers.
- Data centers hit
- 3 of Yandex's data centers in Russia
- Locations
- Sasovo, Ryazan region; Kaluga; Vladimir
- Sasovo facility
- Shut down after a fire
- Vladimir facility
- Shut down completely, according to Yandex
- Combined capacity
- Approximately 115 megawatts
- Cloud customers
- Approximately 64,000 as of mid-2026
What people are saying
Yandex faced an unprecedented attack. The Digital Development Ministry, together with the Defense Ministry, is working on the issue of protecting these facilities
We always respond in kind
At this point, it is very difficult to provide a timeline for restoring the equipment at the data centers.
We can't give you a precise timeline for the restoration yet, but we promise: we won't stop until the service is back online.
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⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a second collapse in the networks of Russian tech giant Yandex after a new Ukrainian drone attack on data centers in Vladimir this morning. The campaign comes not long after Russia's threat to give Ukraine a "digital detox."
Sources
Yandex confirms service outage as users lose access to cloud files
Ukraine knocked out key Yandex data centers. The fallout is being felt across Russia.
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