Russia: Drone Strike Hits Yandex Data Center, Disrupting Cloud Services

Russian tech giant's cloud infrastructure suffered disruptions following a strike on its facility in the Vladimir region.

Russian technology giant Yandex announced that its cloud infrastructure experienced widespread disruptions following a drone attack on one of its data centers, Romanian news outlet HotNews and The Kyiv Independent reported.

According to the reports, the strike damaged the company's facility in the Vladimir region, east of Moscow, causing structural damage and shutting down operations at the site. The Kyiv Independent noted that this is the third Yandex data center in Russia forced offline by drone strikes attributed to Ukrainian forces.

Further details regarding the full extent of the damage and all affected services have not yet been released.