Ukrainian drones damage Russia’s Yandex data centre in Ryazan Oblast, prompting the company to shut down operations at the affected facility. Multiple outlets report that the attack triggers a fire and disrupts electricity supply and services linked to the struck area within the data centre. Yandex says it is working to restore impacted systems and that its core consumer services continue to operate.
The attack is described as the first confirmed strike against Russian data infrastructure after weeks of reported Russian attacks on Ukrainian data centres. CNBC, Newsweek and others cite Yandex statements that the company halted activity inside one data-centre “zone” and advised customers to use other zones. Other reports place the incident within a broader pattern of drone attacks targeting critical infrastructure across both countries, including energy assets and military-linked industries.
