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Third Yandex data center in Russia shuts down after reported drone attack
A Yandex data center in Vladimir, Russia, shut down after a reported drone attack over the weekend.
It was the third Yandex data center targeted in Russia in a week, following strikes in the Ryazan and Kaluga regions.
Yandex said the Vladimir facility had shut down completely and its remaining infrastructure was unstable.
The disruptions affected Yandex Cloud, which provides computing services to thousands of businesses, as well as services such as email, taxi bookings, food orders and payments.
Some third-party services that rely on Yandex servers were also affected, but the full scale of the outages is not known.
Yandex has advised cloud customers to consider recovery plans that use other providers, and Russian state media said the company had agreements with several competitors to help customers move their data and services.
Russian officials are discussing stronger protection for Yandex facilities, while the company says it cannot yet give a timeline for restoring damaged equipment.
A Yandex data center in Vladimir Oblast was completely shut down after a reported drone attack, the third Yandex facility in Russia hit in a series of strikes.
The attacks also hit data centers in Ryazan Oblast and Kaluga Oblast on Oct. 8 and Oct. 9.
Yandex services, including cloud computing, taxi bookings, payments and smart home devices, experienced disruptions.
Yandex said the Vladimir facility had shut down and its remaining infrastructure was unstable.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine was responding to Russian strikes on Ukrainian data centers.
- Who
- Yandex, a Russian technology company, had three data centers hit.
- What
- A reported drone attack led to the complete shutdown of the company’s data center in Vladimir Oblast. Earlier strikes damaged or shut down facilities in Ryazan and Kaluga oblasts.
- When
- The Vladimir facility was reported shut down on Oct. 11, 2026. The earlier strikes occurred on Oct. 8 and Oct. 9.
- Where
- At Yandex data centers in Vladimir Oblast, Ryazan Oblast and Kaluga Oblast, Russia.
- Why
- The sources report drone attacks but do not establish who carried out the Vladimir strike. Zelensky said Ukraine was responding to Russian strikes on Ukrainian data centers.
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The data center has shut down completely, and the remaining infrastructure is unstable. The platform is operating in emergency mode.
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Yandex has faced an unprecedented attack. We are discussing how to protect these facilities
Drones struck the Yandex data center in Sasovo, Ryazan Oblast, causing a fire and forcing it to suspend operations.
Zelensky said Ukraine was responding to Russian strikes on Ukrainian data centers.
A strike damaged Yandex’s data center in Kaluga Oblast.
Yandex updated its user agreement to include drone and missile attacks among force majeure circumstances.
Yandex’s Vladimir Oblast data center was reported completely shut down after a reported drone attack.
- Facilities hit
- Three of Yandex’s six data centers in Russia
- Ryazan facility
- Sasovo, Ryazan Oblast; struck Oct. 7-8
- Kaluga facility
- Kaluga Oblast; struck Oct. 9
- Vladimir facility
- Vladimir Oblast; reported completely shut down on Oct. 11
- Cloud customers
- Approximately 64,000 as of mid-2026
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