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Drone attack shuts down Yandex data centre in Russia’s Vladimir region
A drone attack damaged a Yandex data centre in Russia’s Vladimir region, east of Moscow.
Yandex says the facility has been completely shut down and no one was injured.
Emergency services and company specialists are at the site assessing the damage.
Some Yandex services are unavailable, and the company says its cloud platform is operating in emergency mode.
It has advised customers to switch to backup systems and warned that technical support may also be disrupted.
The shutdown follows attacks on two other Yandex data centres in the past week, in the Kaluga region and in Sasovo.
The incidents come amid escalating attacks by Russia and Ukraine on technology infrastructure.
Yandex says it is assessing how to restore its systems.
A drone attack damaged Yandex’s data center in Russia’s Vladimir region and completely halted its operations.
Yandex said no one was injured and emergency services were at the site.
The company warned that some services were unavailable and advised customers to activate alternative systems.
The attack was reported as the third strike on a Yandex data center in a week.
Vladimir Region Governor Aleksandr Avdeyev said the attack caused a fire and disabled two substations supplying about 5,000 people with electricity.
- Who
- Yandex, a Russian technology and AI company, said its data center was hit.
- What
- A drone attack damaged the facility and completely suspended operations.
- When
- October 11, 2026; Bloomberg HT said the attack occurred overnight.
- Where
- Vladimir region, Russia.
- Why
- Not stated
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Operations at the data centre have been completely suspended
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Yandex said a drone attack damaged its data center in Sasovo, in the Ryazan region.
Yandex said a drone attack damaged its data center in the Kaluga region.
Yandex said a drone attack damaged its Vladimir data center and completely suspended operations.
- Facility
- Yandex data center in Vladimir region, Russia
- Operational status
- Completely suspended
- Injuries
- None reported
- Service impact
- Some Yandex services unavailable; technical support disruptions were possible
- Power impact
- Two substations serving about 5,000 people were disabled
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