Overview
- Yandex said a drone strike caused a fire at its Sasovo data center in Ryazan and forced the company to suspend operations at the facility with no reported casualties.
- The company said core Yandex services remain operational but some apps and features may be unavailable while emergency teams work at the site.
- No group has claimed responsibility for the strike, and analysts say the incident fits a pattern of reciprocal long‑range attacks that have broadened from energy and transport to commercial and digital targets.
- Military officials and experts warn that repeated missile and drone waves are straining air defenses and raising the risk of miscalculation or spillover as both sides press cross‑border strikes.
- Yandex is Russia’s largest internet firm and developer of YandexGPT, so damage to a major data center could have wide effects on civilian connectivity, commerce and access to online services this winter.