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Ukrainian drones shut down Yandex data centre in Vladimir
Yandex confirmed the Vladimir facility was completely halted after a Ukrainian drone strike, the third hit on its infrastructure in four days.
By Felo News Desk · Published
A Ukrainian drone attack on Sunday disabled a Yandex data centre in the city of Vladimir, east of Moscow, the company said, marking the third strike on its facilities in four days.
What happened
The drone hit the Vladimir site, causing outages across Yandex services for users in dozens of Russian cities as well as in Kazakhstan, Belarus and Armenia, according to Russian independent outlet Astra. Yandex’s own Cloud Telegram channel reported that the infrastructure was damaged and operations were "completely halted" with no injuries reported.
What the reports add
Earlier in the week, a drone attack took a Yandex data centre offline in the Ryazan region, southeast of Moscow, and the following day Ukrainian drones struck the company’s major data centre in the Kaluga region, southwest of Moscow, partially disabling it. The Independent article links these attacks to a broader Ukrainian campaign against Russian tech infrastructure.
What was said
Yandex Cloud wrote on its Telegram channel, "As a result of the drone attack, the infrastructure of Yandex’s data centre in Vladimir was damaged. Operations at the data centre have been completely halted. There were no injuries." The article also notes former US President Donald Trump’s comments on Ukrainian leadership, but no direct quote from him appears in the report.
How it came about
The strikes follow a pattern documented in Felo’s earlier coverage of Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian AI and Yandex data centres on Oct. 8 and Oct. 9. Those pieces highlighted Kyiv’s expanding campaign against Russian digital infrastructure, a tactic that has intensified since the war began.
Key facts
- A Ukrainian drone attack disabled Yandex's data centre in Vladimir. (independent.co.uk)
- The outage affected Yandex services in Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Armenia. (independent.co.uk)
- Yandex reported no injuries and complete halting of operations at the site. (independent.co.uk)
- This was the third Yandex data centre hit in four days, after attacks in Ryazan and Kaluga. (independent.co.uk)
Timeline
- 2026-10-08 — Ukrainian drones strike Yandex data centre in Ryazan region
- 2026-10-09 — Ukrainian drones partially disable Yandex data centre in Kaluga region
- 2026-10-11 — Ukrainian drone attack shuts down Yandex data centre in Vladimir
Sources
- [1] independent.co.uk — originally reported as “Ukraine steps up strikes on Russia’s tech infrastructure, damaging third data center in 4 days”
