Yandex said a drone strike disabled several modules at its data centre in Kaluga, Russia, and warned of possible service disruption. Damage assessment was continuing, with no restoration timetable available. The attack followed a strike on its Sasovo facility the previous day. The company said employees at both sites were unharmed; a separate governor’s injury count concerned Kaluga more broadly.
Russian technology company Yandex said a drone strike hit its data centre in Kaluga, Russia, on October 9 and disabled several modules. The company said part of the infrastructure was out of service. It also said employees at Kaluga and its previously struck Sasovo facility had not been injured.[1], [2]
In a statement obtained by Meduza, Yandex said the full extent of the damage had not yet been determined. It warned that some services might experience disruption and said providing a timetable for equipment restoration was extremely difficult at that stage. Staff were working to keep services running and help those affected, the company said.[1]
The Kaluga strike was the second reported attack on Yandex data centres in two days. On October 8, a Ukrainian drone hit the Sasovo facility in Russia’s Ryazan region. A fire broke out, operations halted temporarily and some Yandex services were disrupted. Websites using the infrastructure were affected too, including Russian Railways, the rail operator, and mobile operator MegaFon.[1]
Kaluga Governor Vladislav Shapsha separately reported nine people injured in attacks on the city and several municipal districts, without identifying the targeted facilities. His count was not a data-centre casualty figure. Meduza reported that Yandex shares fell about four per cent on the Moscow Exchange after news of the second data-centre strike.[1]
