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Yandex data center in Vladimir stops operations after drone attack, CNBC reports

Disputed· 14 independent sources

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In the photo: Yandex. Photo: WikiFido / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Corrected on 29 October 2026 at 16:22 UTC. Corrected: information the story relied on has changed. - «On October 9, a Yandex site in Kaluga was attacked»: its status changed from confirmed to developing. - «Vladimir Region Governor Alexander Avdeyev confirmed an attack on infrastructure in the outskirts of Vladimir»: its status changed from confirmed to developing. Versions and corrections

Summary

Yandex announced that its data center in Vladimir has stopped operations after being hit by Ukrainian drones, according to CNBC. The attack on the Yandex data center in Vladimir is the third in four days, according to The Insider. Governor Alexander Avdeev confirmed the attack on infrastructure in a suburb of Vladimir and the resulting fire, according to Novaya Gazeta Europe. Yandex did not specify the cause of the outage, but the company stated that the data center stopped operations after the attack, according to conflicting reports from Vlast.kz and The Insider.

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What is disputed

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Timeline

  1. Updated: new information was added. - Drones hit a Yandex data center. (confirmed) - UNIAN said that all Yandex services were completely down; Forbes Russia said some services were unavailable, and iXBT said users could experience interruptions and unstable operation of several products. (disputed)
  2. Correction: Corrected: information the story relied on has changed. - «On October 9, a Yandex site in Kaluga was attacked»: its status changed from confirmed to developing. - «Vladimir Region Governor Alexander Avdeyev confirmed an attack on infrastructure in the outskirts of Vladimir»: its status changed from confirmed to developing.

Sources

Every source of this story with its tier and affiliation. Several reports by one source count as one.

  • The Kyiv Independent

    T2 · established media · independent · international

  • iXBT

    T2 · established media · company · international

  • UNIAN

    T2 · established media · company · international

  • Kursiv

    T2 · established media · company · international

  • Business FM

    T2 · established media · company · international

  • Meduza

    T2 · established media · independent · international

  • Vlast.kz

    T2 · established media · independent · international

  • TRT World

    T2 · established media · public broadcaster · international

  • The Insider

    T2 · established media · independent · international

  • Kyiv Post

    T2 · established media · independent · international

  • Novaya Gazeta Europe

    T2 · established media · independent · international

  • Forbes Russia

    T2 · established media · company · international

  • 3DNews

    T2 · established media · company · international

  • Tengrinews

    T2 · established media · company · international

Versions and corrections

  1. Corrected (C2): Version 3 · current

    Corrected: information the story relied on has changed.

  2. Updated: Version 2

    Updated: new information was added.

  3. Published: Version 1

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