Ukraine war: Drones hit Yandex data center – services disrupted for millions of Russians
Ukrainian drones have hit Russia's most famous tech company again. The attack paralyzes services that millions of Russians use in everyday life, such as ordering food or a taxi.
Quick Look
- Ukrainian drones damaged an important data center of the Russian tech company Yandex in Vladimir.
- It is the third attack on Yandex's infrastructure in a week, disrupting many everyday services for millions of users.
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Why It Matters
As part of the conflict, Ukraine and Russia are repeatedly attacking each other's IT and data center infrastructure.
Ukraine has again hit a data center belonging to the Russian internet company Yandex in its counterattacks. The technology company is as important in Russia as Google is here. In addition to the country's most popular search engine, Yandex also operates a taxi app, a payment service and a food ordering service. The services are used by millions of people and are now disrupted throughout Russia and abroad.
Yandex confirmed that the data center infrastructure in Vladimir, east of Moscow, was damaged. The company reported on Telegram that operations at the data center had been completely stopped and some services were unavailable. The Yandex platform can only be operated in emergency mode. Experts are busy repairing the damage. There were therefore no injuries.
It was the third attack on Yandex infrastructure within a week. On Friday, a drone attack damaged a data center in the Kaluga region, southwest of Moscow. This has already affected some Yandex services. The night before, a fire broke out at a Yandex location in the Ryazan region as a result of an attack. This led to major outages in transportation and e-commerce.
Russia had previously attacked data centers in Ukraine several times. The Defense Ministry in Moscow announced this morning that it had attacked, among other things, a data center in the Ukrainian port city of Odessa. The Ukrainian Armed Forces would use it to process, transmit and store information.
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Experts repair the damage to the data center in Vladimir
Likely · Within days
Open Questions
- When will all Yandex services be fully restored?
- What long-term consequences does the failure have for the civilian population?
