Experts push back on Zelenskyy Yandex bot claim — SkimNews
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- Ukrainian drones struck three data centres owned by Russian technology and AI company Yandex over the weekend
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy initially claimed the attack resulted in a sudden drop in pro-Russia bot activity on social media
- Experts are publicly casting doubt on Zelenskyy's claim that the drone strike caused the bot-traffic reduction
Why it matters: If Zelenskyy's bot-disruption narrative doesn't hold up to expert scrutiny, Ukraine loses a piece of psychological-warfare ammunition it has been pairing with its offensive drone campaign — just as Kyiv works to frame each strike as dual-use against both Russian infrastructure and Moscow's information operations.
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