Ukraine takes aim at Russia’s AI data infrastructure

Drone attacks target Russian digital giant Yandex, as well as continuing strikes on missile plants and oil refineries, following a wave of Russian attacks on data hubs inside Ukraine.Published On 9 Oct 20269 Oct 2026Ukrainian drone strikes have partly disabled an AI data centre operated by Russian digital giant Yandex.The strike on Friday followed an attack on another of the company’s data hubs the previous day, appearing to signal that Ukraine’s military campaign is widening its scope to target Russia’s technology infrastructure. Moscow has previously targeted data hubs inside Ukraine.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Ex-OpenAI staff say they were fired for raising safety concernslist 2 of 3Is Trump signalling a return to war with Iran after the midterms?list 3 of 3‘Indentured servants’: US green card move will hit thousands of IT workersend of listYandex, which is heavily involved in Russia’s AI development efforts, said its data centre in the Kaluga region southwest of Moscow had been struck by Ukrainian drones and partly put out of action.A day earlier, a Ukrainian attack shut down a major data hub in Sasovo in the Ryazan region, where two of the three supercomputer...