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President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine had hit back at Russian strikes on Ukrainian data centers, referring to a drone attack on a Yandex facility in Russia’s Ryazan region. The facility caught fire and shut down, while Yandex said the damage was still being assessed; reports described disruptions to several services after the strike.
Ukrainian forces struck a Yandex data center in Russia’s Ryazan region overnight on October 8, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, describing the attack as a response to Russian strikes on Ukrainian data centers. A fire broke out at the facility in Sasovo, and it shut down, according to the report; Yandex said the extent of the damage was still being assessed.
Zelensky’s remarks, reported by RBC-Ukraine and cited by Meduza, were his public acknowledgment of Ukraine’s response to Russian attacks on data centers. “Data centers — you all know they’ve been hitting our data centers and they still are. We hit back. I can’t give you all the details,” he told journalists. He did not provide further operational details about the Ukrainian strike.
The strike targeted a Yandex facility in the town of Sasovo. A fire followed, and the data center shut down completely, according to Meduza’s report. No injuries were reported. By the evening of October 8, Yandex said it did not yet know whether the equipment could be restored and that damage to the infrastructure was still being assessed.
Following the attack, users reported disruptions to Yandex services and to services operated by Avito, IVI, MegaFon, Russian Railways and T-Bank, as well as several real estate developers. The report does not give a full account of the duration or reach of those disruptions.
Data Center Damage Reaches Russian Services
The strike highlights how attacks on digital infrastructure can affect services used by people and businesses beyond the immediate target. The reported disruption touched multiple Russian platforms and service providers, though the scale and duration of the interruptions were not established in the report.
It also marks a public statement by Zelensky that Ukraine is responding to Russian attacks on data centers. The comments connect strikes on technical infrastructure to the wider war, while leaving the operational details of Ukraine’s response undisclosed. Damage to a data center can affect hosted services, but the report does not specify what systems or customer data were affected in this case.
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A Series of Attacks on Data Centers
Meduza reported that Russian forces had regularly struck data centers in Ukraine in recent weeks. Since late September, attacks had damaged or destroyed facilities belonging to at least eight companies, according to the report. Russia’s Defense Ministry described its strikes as “a forced digital detox,” a characterization reported by Meduza rather than an independently verified description of the attacks’ effects.
Zelensky also referred to Russian strikes on Pryluky and Kramatorsk. He said an attack on Pryluky killed 29 people, including five children, and that a strike on Kramatorsk killed more than 30 people. He said Ukraine would respond to the attacks and stressed that Kyiv would not target children. These casualty figures and Zelensky’s account are attributed to his remarks in the source report.
““The extent of the damage to the infrastructure is still being assessed.””
— Yandex, as quoted in the report
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Damage and Service Effects Still Under Review
The full extent of the damage at the Sasovo facility remains unknown. Yandex had not said whether the equipment could be restored, and the report does not identify which specific systems were affected or how long the data center would remain offline.
Reports of disruptions to other services followed the strike, but the source does not establish that each reported outage was caused by the attack or provide a verified count of affected users. Zelensky did not give details about the strike’s planning, the weapons used, or any other targets. The report also provides no independent confirmation of the Ukrainian operation beyond the statements and reporting it cites.
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Yandex Continues Its Damage Assessment
The next immediate update is likely to come from Yandex’s assessment of whether equipment can be restored and when the data center might resume operations. Further information may clarify how long services were disrupted and whether the reported interruptions were directly linked to the strike.
There is no timetable in the report for additional statements from Ukrainian or Russian officials. Zelensky’s comments signal that Kyiv intends to respond to attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure, but he did not disclose what further actions, if any, are planned.
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Key Questions
What happened at the Yandex data center?
A Ukrainian drone strike hit a Yandex data center in Sasovo, in Russia’s Ryazan region, overnight on October 8. A fire broke out, the facility shut down, and no injuries were reported in the account cited by Meduza.Did Zelensky confirm Ukraine carried out the strike?
Zelensky said Ukraine was responding to Russian attacks on data centers and said, “We hit back.” He did not provide all the details of the operation. The report identifies the Sasovo strike as a Ukrainian drone attack.Were Yandex services restored?
The report does not say whether services were restored. By the evening of October 8, Yandex said damage was still being assessed and that it did not know whether the equipment could be restored.Which other services reportedly experienced disruptions?
Users reported interruptions involving Yandex, Avito, IVI, MegaFon, Russian Railways and T-Bank, along with services from several real estate developers. The report does not establish the duration or full scope of the disruptions.What did Russia mean by “forced digital detox”?
Russia’s Defense Ministry used the phrase to describe its strikes on Ukrainian data centers, according to Meduza. It was the ministry’s characterization; the report does not present it as an independent description of the strikes.Source: rss
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