Ukraine strikes third Yandex data center, disrupting services across Russia

Ukrainian drones hit a third Yandex data center in Vladimir over the weekend, after strikes on facilities in the Ryazan and Kaluga regions. Three of Yandex's six Russian data centers have been affected, two shut down completely, disrupting Yandex Cloud, payments, deliveries and third-party services.

• Three of Yandex's six Russian data centers hit, two fully shut down
• Combined capacity of the three affected sites is about 115 MW
• Yandex Cloud served roughly 64,000 customers as of mid-2026
• Yandex updated its terms to exclude liability for drone-strike outages