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Major Yandex data center in Russia hit by Ukrainian drone strike
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Fusion42 · 10 October 2026 · Fusion42 review
A major Yandex data center in Russia's Ryazan region was disrupted by a reported Ukrainian drone strike, causing significant outages that affected Yandex Cloud and other services. This incident underscores the escalating cyber and physical combat over digital infrastructure between Russia and Ukraine.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Cloud Infrastructure, and 10 sources have reported it between 8 Oct 2026 and 17 Oct 2026.
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This drone strike signals active targeting of cloud service providers in conflict zones, putting your Russian cloud workloads at risk and forcing a move to alternative locations immediately. Yandex customers must prepare for instability and consider diversifying their infrastructure footprint without delay.
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10 sources · first reported 8 Oct 2026 · latest 17 Oct 2026
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