Ukraine strikes Yandex data centre for third time this week

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 11 Oct, 14:07 · Archive

Ukrainian drones have struck a Yandex data centre in Vladimir, Russia, forcing the tech giant to suspend operations there.

Yandex's data centre in Vladimir was hit by a Ukrainian drone attack on Sunday, forcing the company to suspend all operations at the facility. No injuries were reported. The company said several of its services were unavailable to users and it was operating in emergency mode as teams evaluated the damage and assessed ways to restore systems.

This is the third attack on Yandex's data centres in a week. On Friday, a facility in the Kaluga region southwest of Moscow was struck by Ukrainian drones. A day earlier, a strike in Sasovo, southeast of Moscow, shut down a data hub where two of the three supercomputers used to develop Yandex's AI model are housed. The company said the remaining resource configuration was unstable and warned that technical support communications could be disrupted.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine responds 'in mirror-like fashion' to Russian attacks. He stated that Ukraine would stop striking Russian oil refineries if Russia stops striking Ukrainian energy infrastructure, following criticism from US President Donald Trump over the attacks. Russia has struck several Ukrainian data centres and telecommunications infrastructure in recent months as the war continues into its fifth year.

How it is being reported

• Ukraine strikes Russian data centre again despite Trump warningIt is the third time this week that Ukraine has targeted Russian tech giant Yandex, forcing the company to suspend its operations.BBC World · 11 Oct, 13:50
• Russia’s Yandex says data centre in Vladimir shut down after drone attackThird strike on Yandex facilities in a week comes as Russia and Ukraine escalate attacks on tech infrastructure.Al Jazeera · 11 Oct, 10:33

In this story: Yandex · Ukraine · Russia · Vladimir · Volodymyr Zelenskyy · Donald Trump · Moscow

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