Zelensky has ordered strikes on Russian data centers like Yandex.
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The MeidasTouch PodcastOct 27, 2026
Multiple tier1 sources report that Ukraine struck Yandex data centers in Ryazan and Kaluga in October 2026, and Zelensky publicly confirmed the Kaluga strike on X and said Ukraine 'responded' to Russian attacks on Ukrainian data centers.
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… And so he is actually imprisoned right now, and so he wasn't able to do the types of things that he's normally able to do. And also, Zelensky's been striking the Russian data centers, like Yandex, and so the bot farms have been hurt and are slightly disabled. So I also think a combination of Seremato and prison and the data center struck were other areas, were other areas as well. Quickly, there's the Israeli elections that are taking place. …
The MeidasTouch Podcast · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. Reuters reports Ukraine struck and partly disabled a Yandex data centre in Kaluga on Oct. 9, a day after a Ukrainian attack shut down Yandex's Sasovo hub.[1]
Supports. AP reports that Zelenskyy confirmed the Yandex data center strike in a post on X.[2]
Supports. Zelensky said on Oct. 8 that Ukraine will keep retaliating against Russian strikes on its data centers, 'We always respond in kind,' and, after the Yandex attack, 'We responded to them.'[3]
Context. Zelensky framed the Yandex strikes as retaliation for Russian strikes on Ukrainian data centers, and the attacks were described as Kyiv's deliberate policy rather than independent action.[4][5]
Context. The 'ordered' wording goes slightly beyond the sources, which show Zelensky endorsing and claiming the strikes rather than issuing an explicit order; this does not contradict the claim.[2][3]
Sources
5 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 not rated, 1 tier 1, 1 tier 2
- 1Ukraine expands drone strikes on data centres owned by Russia's Yandexreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Russian strikes across Ukraine kill 3 people as Kyiv struggles to counter escalating attacksapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 3Zelensky addresses Ukrainian attacks on Russian data center - Yahooyahoo.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 4Russian search engine Yandex struggles after Ukrainian strikes on ...bbc.com · tier 1 · cited for: context
- 5Ukraine targets Russia's 'Google' as the internet becomes a new ...cnn.com · tier 2 · cited for: context
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