Ukrainian drone strike ignites fire at Yandex data centre in Ryazan
Ukrainian drones hit a Yandex data centre in Ryazan, causing a fire and shutting down operations.
On Thursday, a Ukrainian drone strike targeted a Yandex-owned data centre in the city of Ryazan, roughly 120 miles southeast of Moscow, igniting a fire. Yandex announced that the incident forced a total shutdown of the facility and disrupted several user services. The strike marks the first time Ukraine has hit a Russian data centre, following recent Russian attacks on Ukrainian digital infrastructure.
While Yandex reported the outage to Russian state news agency one outlet, Ukrainian officials have not verified the claim. The company also runs YandexGPT, a prominent generative AI system in Russia. The event highlights the expanding use of kinetic attacks against technology assets amid the ongoing conflict.
How this was covered
- Right-leaning outlets covered this 3h later
- Centrist coverage is the most divided on this story
- Coverage peaked at 6 outlets in a single hour
Why it matters
It shows how the Ukraine-Russia war is extending to physical attacks on critical digital infrastructure.
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