Yandex: Ukraine strikes Russian data centre again despite Trump warning – BBC

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It is the third time this week that Ukraine has targeted Russian tech giant Yandex, forcing the company to suspend its operations. Yandex has been forced to pause its operations at a data centre near Moscow after the facility was damaged in a Ukrainian drone strike – the third attack on the Russian tech giant's sites this week. The company – dubbed "Russia's Google" – said no one was injured at the centre in Vladimir, east of the capital, but some of its services were unavailable to users.

Earlier this week, Yandex said it was struggling to maintain its services after two of its five data centres were hit in Ukrainian strikes. Sunday's attack came hours after US President Donald Trump warned that Ukraine should "damn well stop" attacking Russia's oil refineries. Later on Sunday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that "any de-escalation steps must be reciprocal and backed by real guarantees." "Ukraine will be ready to stop striking Russian oil refineries if Russia stops striking our energy infrastructure," Zelensky wrote on X. He has reacted