Ukraine hits two Yandex data centres in back-to-back drone strikes

Strikes on the Sasovo and Kaluga sites knocked out AI supercomputers, disrupted Yandex Cloud clients and pushed the company's shares lower Ukraine’s long-range drone campaign has found a new kind of target: Russia’s server racks. Over two consecutive days in early October 2026, drones struck two data centres operated by Yandex, the tech giant often described as “Russia’s Google .” One facility shut down entirely. The other lost several modules. The first attack came on October 8 at Yandex’s Sasovo facility in the Ryazan region. The strike set off a significant fire and forced a complete operational shutdown.

Source: Crypto Briefing