Ukrainian drone strikes on Yandex data centers disrupt Russian bot networks

Ukrainian drone strikes on Yandex data centers disrupted over 80 digital services and reportedly reduced Russian bot activity on social media, though experts caution the global impact may be limited. The attacks hit three of six Yandex data centers, including facilities in Ryazan, Kaluga, and Vladimir regions, damaging supercomputers used for AI development. Outages affected services from voice assistant Alisa to payment systems, with full recovery potentially taking months. Russian bot networks using Yandex cloud infrastructure showed temporary activity drops, with some clusters recovering within 12 hours. Experts note the effect was partial, as monitoring shows pro-Kremlin narratives in Germany and MAGA circles remained largely stable.