Ukrainian drones struck a third Yandex data center in Vladimir over the weekend, joining earlier attacks on facilities in Ryazan and Kaluga. The attacks forced complete shutdowns at two locations and damaged infrastructure at a third, with the three targeted centers having combined capacity of approximately 115 megawatts. Yandex stated the latest facility has shut down completely and its platform is operating in emergency mode.
The drone strikes have disrupted numerous services across Russia, including Yandex Cloud’s email, taxi booking, food delivery and payment systems, as well as its voice assistant and smart home devices. More than a dozen third-party services hosted on Yandex infrastructure were also affected, including retailers, internet providers and the Russian segment of TikTok. Yandex serves approximately 64,000 customers through its cloud platform. The company has updated its terms of service to exclude liability for failures caused by drone strikes, while Russian officials discuss strengthening protection for digital infrastructure. Ukrainian President Zelensky described the attacks as retaliation for Russian strikes on Ukrainian data centers.
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