# Ukraine strikes Russian data centres, dealing blow to Moscow’s AI capabilities

https://mins.news/en/item/112753

- euronews, 2026-10-23 13:07 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/23/ukraine-hits-russian-data-centres-in-blow-to-moscows-ai-capabilities

> Drones struck three Yandex facilities, a Sber centre and a VKontakte server farm across five Russian regions, triggering ongoing failures in payments, navigation and cloud services. Experts say repairs could take months or years.

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