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Ukrainian Strikes Disrupt Yandex Services, but Claims About Bots Falter

Drone attacks damaged three Yandex data centres and disrupted Russian online services, but newer reporting challenges claims that the strikes silenced Russian disinformation networks.

Read the full story → · Latest coverage 14 Oct 2026, 9:43 pm UTC

Key moments · 8

Opening strikes seriously damage Yandex's Sasovo data centre

The Register ↗

Third Yandex data centre goes out of service

The Next Web ↗

Russian users face payment, navigation and ride disruptions

Bloomberg Technology ↗

Zelenskyy links strikes to less hostile social media

Euronews ↗

Experts find no evidence Russian trolls were affected

BBC News - World News ↗

Kremlin says government is discussing Yandex's problems

World News CNA ↗

Viral graph about Russian bots fails scrutiny

Deutsche Welle ↗

Cloudflare analysis finds malicious bots moved after outages

The Cloudflare Blog ↗

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8 articles

  1. The ‘Bots Are Gone’ Mystery May Not Be About Russia—If You’re a Threads User
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  2. Yandex outage: data shows that instead of going dark, malicious bots moved
    Hacker News: Front Page Startups
  3. Yandex outage: Data shows that instead of going dark, malicious bots went on the move
    The Cloudflare Blog
  4. L’Ucraina colpisce Yandex e i bot russi spariscono? Cosa dicono davvero i dati sulla propaganda online
    Adnkronos - ultimoratop
  5. Ukrainian drones hit Russia's top data centre in attack on AI ambitions
    World News CNA

10 articles

  1. Have Ukrainian strikes on Yandex data centres hit Russian online disinformation?
    France24
  2. No, Ukraine's strikes on Yandex data centers didn't cripple Russian influence ops
    r/technology
  3. Russian bot farms are still trolling, even after Ukraine’s drone strikes on Yandex
    The Verge - All Posts Tech
  4. Did Ukrainian strikes on Russian datacentres reduce online disinformation?
    Latest news, sport and opinion from the Guardian
  5. Les frappes ukrainiennes sur des data centers perturbent les services en ligne en Russie
    Le Monde

13 articles

  1. Droni sui data center russi, sul web si inceppa la propaganda filorussa
    La Repubblica
  2. Yandex confirms service outage as users lose access to cloud files
    BleepingComputer
  3. Did Ukraine’s strikes on data centers really silence Russian bots?
    Mashable Tech
  4. Russia was not ready for the data center war it started with Ukraine
    Ars Technica Tech
  5. Les frappes de drones ukrainiennes sur des data centers en Russie ont-elles donné un sérieux coup à la désinformation pro-russe ?
    Franceinfo