Ukrainian drone attack on Yandex data center in Russia causes fire and suspends operations

On Thursday, October 8, 2026, Ukrainian drones struck a major data center in Ryazan, Russia, owned by Yandex, the country's leading technology company. The attack caused a fire and forced Yandex to suspend operations at the facility. Yandex said it was dealing with the consequences and restoring affected services, while core consumer services remained unaffected. This was the first confirmed major Ukrainian drone attack on a Russian data center, following a wave of Russian attacks on Ukrainian data centers in recent weeks. Ukraine has not officially confirmed the strike.