
Military correspondent Alexander Kots suggested that Yandex use prefabricated metal structures to protect data centers after an attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Ryazan region, criticizing the company’s decision to blur out objects on maps.
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Earlier, the Ukrainian Armed Forces struck the Yandex data center in the Ryazan region. The company has taken measures to limit the visibility of its facilities on maps.
Military correspondent of Komsomolskaya Pravda Alexander Kots advised Yandex, after the attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) on a data center in the Ryazan region, to use prefabricated metal passive protection. The journalist provided his commentary on the situation in the Telegram channel.
According to Kots, this method is more effective than Yandex’s decision to blur its data centers.
“In Moscow and the Moscow region, such frames are often found above various objects today,” the military correspondent emphasized. Kots emphasized that he has familiarized himself with the list of supposedly non-working services, but so far everything is open for him.
Prior to this, Federation Council member Dmitry Perminov assured that Russia always responds to attacks like the strike on the Yandex data center.

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