Ukraine's drone attacks severely damaged three of Yandex's six data centers, disrupting Russia's tech ecosystem, centered on one vast, state-aligned company (Financial Times) — SkimNews
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- Ukraine's drone attacks severely damaged three of Yandex's six data centers, exposing the fragility of the Kremlin's effort to centralize internet services under the state-aligned company (Financial Times).
- The Verge's coverage (via TechMeme) notes the strikes actually disrupted Yandex's web crawlers rather than political bot operations, while Zelenskyy celebrated 'less division.'
Why it matters: Russia's internet architecture is concentrated under one state-aligned firm, and Ukraine showed that hitting just three of six facilities creates cascading disruption across services Russians rely on daily. The Verge adds a nuance the FT framing may smooth over: the damage hit civilian search infrastructure (web crawlers), not solely Kremlin propaganda tools.
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