Russia's Yandex says data centre in Vladimir area shut down after drone attack
The attack forced Yandex to halt operations and cut off more than 80 services, disrupting taxis, payments and cloud tools across Russia, the company said.
- On Sunday, a drone attack shut down a Yandex data center in Vladimir, causing service outages across Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, and Armenia; the incident marks the third strike on the company's infrastructure in four days.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated his forces are responding to Russian strikes on Ukrainian data hubs, telling journalists, "We always respond in kind," as Kyiv widens its long-range campaign.
- Yandex, often described as Russia's Google, reported service interruptions for users unable to order taxis or access banking services; on Saturday, the company updated its user agreement to classify drone and missile attacks as force majeure.
- The company reported power interruptions and is working to resolve the issue, following previous drone strikes that disabled Yandex facilities in the Ryazan and Kaluga regions on Thursday and Friday.
- President Donald Trump urged Zelenskyy to end the war, recently blaming him for high U.S. diesel prices, as the two nations remain deadlocked over four years after the full-scale invasion began.
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Defensive strikes by the Ukrainian armed forces on the data centers of the Russian internet giant Yandex paralyzed the daily lives of ordinary Russians for several days: they were unable to use bank accounts, taxi services, order food, and even enter their homes, NBC News reports.
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