Ukraine Drone Hits Sberbank, Russia's Largest Data Center — SkimNews
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- Ukrainian drone forces struck Russia's largest data center, owned by bank and technology company Sberbank, in recent days
- The Sberbank strike followed Ukraine's attacks on three data centers operated by Yandex, often called "Russia's Google"
- The source text cuts off before completing its note on Yandex's traffic impact following the facility strikes
Why it matters: Both targets are civilian pillars of Russia's digital economy — Sberbank as its largest bank and Yandex its dominant search and tech platform — extending the war's reach beyond military and energy infrastructure into the systems Russians use for banking, search, and daily cloud services.
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