A Ukrainian drone strike damaged Yandex’s data center in Vladimir, east of Moscow, forcing it to suspend operations. This is the third attack on Yandex facilities in four days as Ukraine intensifies strikes on Russian tech infrastructure. The incident disrupted services across multiple countries, including Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, and Armenia. US President Donald Trump criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for not ending the war and suggested Ukraine elect a new leader who could make deals, blaming high diesel prices in part on Ukrainian attacks.
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Yandex, Russia's leading tech company often compared to Google, has faced significant disruptions after two of its five data centers were hit by Ukrainian drone attacks over the past two days. The Sasovo data center in the Ryazan region and another in Kaluga, southwest of Moscow, sustained damage that forced them to suspend operations completely or partially. These strikes are part of a broader trend where both sides have targeted each other’s infrastructure as their ground forces remain largely deadlocked since Russia's invasion began over four years ago.
The Kaluga attack caused Yandex services like taxi booking and banking access to be unavailable in multiple cities across Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, and Armenia. In response, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that his country would halt strikes on Russian oil refineries if Moscow stops hitting Ukraine's energy infrastructure.
These incidents mark the third such attack on Yandex facilities within four days as Kyiv steps up its campaign against deep-Russia targets. Meanwhile, tensions rose after U.S. President Donald Trump criticized Zelenskyy for high diesel prices and suggested he should be replaced, which Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha dismissed, emphasizing that the Ukrainian leader enjoys public support in his fight for independence.
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A Ukrainian drone strike damaged a data center operated by Russian technology major Yandex, forcing it to suspend operations, the company said on Sunday.
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The incident marked the third attack on the company's facilities in four days as Kyiv expands its strikes on infrastructure located deep inside Russian territory.
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The strike on the facility in Vladimir, east of Moscow, disrupted several Yandex services.
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Russian independent news outlet Astra reported that users across dozens of Russian cities, as well as in Kazakhstan, Belarus and Armenia, were unable to book taxis or access banking services.
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Russia and Ukraine continue to engage in long-range aerial attacks even as fighting along much of the frontline remains largely deadlocked, more than four and a half years after Moscow launched its full-scale invasion.
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Kyiv's latest strikes on data centers follow Russian attacks on similar infrastructure in Ukraine.
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“ As a result of the drone attack, the infrastructure of Yandex's data center in Vladimir was damaged.
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Operations at the data center have been completely halted.
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There were no injuries,” Yandex Cloud said in a post on Telegram, where it provides updates on service disruptions.
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The latest incident follows two attacks on Yandex facilities earlier in the week.
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A drone strike on Thursday forced the company to take a data centre in the Ryazan region, south-east of Moscow, offline.
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On Friday, Ukrainian drones targeted its major facility in the Kaluga region, south-west of the capital, partially disrupting operations, the company said.
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Often compared with Google, Yandex operates Russia's leading search engine alongside a broad portfolio of digital services.
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The attack occurred a day after US President Donald Trump called for Ukraine to elect a new leader, criticising President Volodymyr Zelenskyy over his handling of efforts to end the war and blaming him for high diesel prices in the United States, according to AP.
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“I suggest they get a new leader, who can make a deal because he could have made many deals and for some reason he never does,” Trump said on Saturday.
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Trump's remarks came after he reached an agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday to purchase diesel from Russia in a bid to ease rising fuel costs ahead of the US midterm elections.
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For several weeks, Trump has pressed Zelenskyy to halt attacks on Russian energy infrastructure.
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The US president has attributed record-high diesel prices in the United States to Ukrainian strikes rather than the US-led war in Iran, which has pushed up global energy costs.
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Ukrainian and European officials have expressed concern over the diesel agreement, arguing that the arrangement could provide financial support for Russia's war effort.
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Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha rejected Trump's criticism in a post on X late Saturday, saying Zelenskyy was leading the country in its fight for independence and continued to enjoy public backing.
“He has the support of the Ukrainian people, and they have the right to decide.
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Statements from abroad only confirm that he is doing his job well,” Sybiha wrote.
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Meanwhile, search and rescue operations concluded in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia following a Russian bombing on Saturday, Ivan Fedorov, the former regional head and co-chair of the regional defence council, said on Sunday.
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The attack killed 20 people, including four children, while more than 30 others were injured, Fedorov said.
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Eight of the wounded remained in hospital.
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Separately, a Ukrainian drone strike in Russia's border region of Bryansk killed a man and injured two women, local officials said on Sunday.
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