Ukrainian drone attacks disrupt Yandex cloud and payment services

2026-10-12

Drone strikes in Ukraine have hit three Yandex data centers in Russia, causing outages for cloud computing and digital payments. Yandex is working around the clock to restore services, prioritizing popular applications like Search, Maps, and Mail, but has not provided a timeline. Netblocks reported that Yandex Cloud's network connectivity dropped to 30% of its usual level post-attack.