Yandex shuts down Vladimir data centre following drone attack

Russian technology company Yandex has shut down a data centre in the city of Vladimir after it was struck by a drone on October 11, 2026. Al Jazeera reported that no injuries were recorded in the attack on the facility, which is located east of Moscow. [1][2][3][4][5][6]

The company stated in a Telegram service alert that operations at the data centre were completely suspended, according to Al Jazeera. Emergency services responded at the site, and Yandex advised users to activate disaster recovery protocols while it evaluated options to restore services. [1]

The incident marks the third strike on Yandex facilities within a week, Al Jazeera and The Kyiv Independent both reported. The attack led to widespread service outages across several of the company's online platforms. [1][3][5]

Yandex is a Russian technology company that provides cloud computing, internet search, mapping, streaming media, online shopping, and ridesharing services [7]. As FTMQ News reported earlier, Ukrainian drone strikes previously targeted energy and transport infrastructure in the Moscow region on October 6 [11]. [7][11]