Russia-Ukraine War

Ukrainian Drone Strikes Cripple Yandex Data Centres; Bot Network Takedown Claims Debunked

• Drone strikes disrupted many Yandex services.
• Cloudflare data does not show Russian disinformation bots declining.
• Yandex has not provided a restoration timeline.

Ukrainian drone strikes have left many Yandex-operated systems offline, disrupting services including digital payments. Claims that the attacks also sharply reduced Russian disinformation bot activity are unsupported: widely shared charts appear to show Yandex web crawler requests or use unverified data. A Cloudflare chart tracks automated requests to…

Ukrainian strikes disrupt services at three Russian Yandex data centres

• Ukrainian strikes hit three Yandex data centres in Russia.
• Disruptions affected services from banking to food delivery.
• Russian commentators warned centralisation could be a wartime weakness.

Ukrainian drone strikes on three Yandex data centres in Russia disrupted a range of digital services, prompting pro-Kremlin bloggers to warn that the country’s highly centralised digital economy is vulnerable during wartime. The attacks followed Russian strikes on Ukrainian data centres and mobile networks, which temporarily disrupted internet…

Russian strikes hit six Ukrainian energy facilities after ceasefire announcement

• Russia hit six Ukrainian energy facilities after the ceasefire announcement.
• Zelensky reported 33 injuries at energy sites.
• A separate Kyiv drone strike killed one person and injured 11.

Russia struck six Ukrainian energy facilities within hours of US President Donald Trump announcing an energy ceasefire, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said. The attacks raised doubts about whether the proposed truce was being observed, as damage to power networks caused fresh outages. Zelensky said 33 people were injured…

Trump announces energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine amid limited details

• Trump announces Russian-Ukrainian energy ceasefire with no details; Ukraine backs idea if Russia agrees.
• Trump ties ceasefire to controversial diesel deal aimed at lowering US fuel prices.
• Multiple countries support ceasefire but many oppose diesel deal; Russia accused of ceasefire breach.

Donald Trump has announced an "energy ceasefire" between Russia and Ukraine effective immediately, though he offered no details on implementation or verification. Ukraine has indicated it would support such a ceasefire if Russia agrees, whilst Russia has not yet commented on the proposal. The announcement reflects Trump's broader…

Russian glide bomb attack on Zaporizhzhia kills at least 15 people

• At least 15 killed, including three children, in Russian glide bomb attack
• Attack part of escalating pattern; civilian casualties up 55% this year
• Zelensky criticises Trump diesel deal, says Russia interprets easing pressure as opportunity

Russia has launched a glide bomb attack on the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, killing at least 15 people, including three children, with at least 16 others injured and more feared dead under the rubble. The strike on Saturday morning hit residential buildings in the south-eastern city, which is…

Lib Dems chaos as Maynard quits; Ukraine man narrowly escapes Russian drone

The Liberal Democrats face internal turmoil following Charlie Maynard's resignation amid coup reports. Dramatic footage emerges of a man narrowly escaping a Russian drone strike on a Kyiv playground.

Ukrainian drone strikes disrupt Yandex services and AI infrastructure

• Ukrainian drones damaged two of Yandex’s five Russian data centres.
• The Sasovo site houses two supercomputers used to train YandexGPT.
• Yandex reported service disruptions but no employee injuries.

Ukrainian drone strikes damaged two of Yandex’s five data centres in Russia, disrupting some of the tech company’s online services and putting pressure on infrastructure used to train its AI model. Ukraine said the attacks were a response to Russian strikes that have disrupted data centres and communications…

Ukrainian drone strikes damage two Yandex data centres in Russia

• Ukrainian drone strikes damaged two Yandex data centres.
• Yandex warned that service disruption was difficult to predict.
• Ukraine says the attacks mirror Russian strikes on its data centres.

Yandex says two of its five data centres were struck by Ukrainian drones, disrupting its ability to maintain services used by tens of millions of people in Russia. Ukraine says the attacks respond to Russian strikes on Ukrainian data centres and could divert resources from Moscow’s war effort…