Russian search engine Yandex struggles after Ukrainian strikes on data centres
Russian tech giant Yandex is facing service disruptions after Ukrainian drone strikes damaged two of its major data centers. The company is struggling to maintain operations for its search engine and app services, with officials calling the situation a critical infrastructure challenge.
Why it matters
The targeting of civilian tech infrastructure marks an escalation in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, impacting the daily digital services used by millions of Russian citizens.
Image source, Reuters Image caption, Smoke billows from Yandex's Sasovo hub following a Ukrainian strike on Thursday
Russian tech giant Yandex has said it was struggling to maintain services after two of its five data centres were struck by Ukrainian drones in the past two days.
Often dubbed "Russia's Google", the company runs the country's most popular search engine, as well as a food-ordering and taxi app used by tens of millions of people.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said the attacks were in response to weeks of Russian strikes on Ukrainian data centres.
Both sides have stepped up attacks on infrastructure in recent months as the war between the two drags on. Kyiv says its strikes are aimed at revenue streams for Moscow's war machine, and that the latest attacks could force Russia to divert resources to Yandex.
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