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Ukraine Drones Hit Second Yandex Data Center in Two Days

Yandex said several modules were disabled and no one was injured, while a separate strike hit another site housing two of its three AI supercomputers.

  • On Friday, Russian technology company Yandex reported that a drone attack completely disabled several modules at its data centre in Kaluga, the second strike in two days.
  • A Ukrainian drone struck another Yandex facility in the Ryazan region on Thursday, damaging supercomputers used for the company's AI model development, though Yandex could not confirm equipment restoration.
  • Kaluga region Governor Vladislav Shapsha reported nine people were injured and infrastructure was damaged by Ukrainian drones, though he did not comment on the Yandex data centre attack.
  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told reporters on Thursday that his forces respond in a "mirror-like fashion" to Russian missile strikes against Ukrainian server facilities in Kyiv.
  • Both Russia and Ukraine have expanded drone attacks this year on economic targets, ranging from energy facilities and refineries to ports, e-commerce warehouses, and most recently, data centres.
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The TSO, using drones, hit the second Russian data centre (data processing centre, INDexA), now in Kaluga. Several modules were disabled and reported to the company.

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As a result of the drone attack, some of the infrastructure of the Yandex data centre in Kaluga was damaged, announced to the company on Friday. Several modules of the Caluga computer complex were completely disabled after the drone strike, transmitting TASS with reference to Yandex's message. "The drone attack damaged part of the Yandex's data centre infrastructure in Kaluga. Several of the data centre modules were completely disabled. As a res…

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n-tv broke the news on Thursday, October 8, 2026.
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