Ukraine Strikes Major Data Center of Russia's 'Google' in Drone Attack
Summary
Ukraine carried out a drone strike on a data center owned by Yandex, a major Russian technology company, causing a fire and suspending operations at the center in Ryazan. This is the first known Ukrainian attack on a Russian data center, while Russia recently targeted Ukrainian data centers.Key Facts
- Yandex is a leading Russian tech company, often called Russia's Google.
- A drone attack by Ukraine hit a Yandex data center in Ryazan, about 120 miles southeast of Moscow.
- The strike caused a fire and forced the data center to stop working completely.
- Some Yandex services are currently unavailable because of the attack.
- Ukraine has not officially confirmed this attack.
- This is the first Ukrainian strike on a Russian data center.
- Recently, Russia has attacked Ukrainian data centers.
- Yandex also operates YandexGPT, a major AI system in Russia.
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