Policy · Episode 4 · 15 October 2026

Drones hit three Yandex data centres

Ukrainian drones have now hit three AI data centres of Yandex, the company called 'Russia's Google'.

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What Robyn said

Robyn, anchorDrones have hit three Yandex data centres in four days.

Robyn, anchorThat's according to Yandex itself.

Robyn, reporterYandex, often called Russia's Google, runs search, taxis and its own AI models.

Robyn, reporterIts Sasovo site, hit first, holds two of its three AI supercomputers, Reuters reports.

Robyn, reporterOn October 11, its Vladimir site stopped completely.

Robyn, reporterYandex Cloud, its rental computing service, warned: we consider the remaining resource configuration to be unstable.

Robyn, reporterIts AI tools, including YandexGPT, are among those affected.

Robyn, reporterUkraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky calls it a mirror-like response to Russia hitting Ukraine's data centres.

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