# Ukraine strikes key Yandex data centers, disrupting services across Russia

https://mins.news/en/item/96602

- Meduza, 2026-10-12 14:24 UTC
- World
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/10/12/ukraine-knocked-out-key-yandex-data-centers-the-fallout-is-being-felt-across-russia

> Ukraine struck three of Yandex’s six data centers, in Sasovo, Kaluga, and Vladimir. Operations stopped at the Sasovo and Vladimir facilities, while several modules in Kaluga were knocked out. Yandex services and other websites experienced outages, including for users abroad. The company restored some services but said features remained unavailable, and arranged to move customer data and services to other cloud providers’ data centers.

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