Ukraine drone strikes disrupt Yandex data centres in Russia

How it unfolded

Every source in the order it published, with the odds on Will Russia target Kyiv on October 16, 2026? at that moment. A dash means the source published before we started tracking prices.

1. 8 Oct, 03:14kyivindependent.comRussia's largest Yandex data center reportedly hit in drone attack—
2. 8 Oct, 13:46Latest from Tom's Hardware in NewsUkrainian drones hit Russia's Yandex data centers housing two top supercomputers—
3. 9 Oct, 10:16kyivindependent.comSecond Russian Yandex data center damaged by drone attack in two days, company says—
4. 9 Oct, 11:55News FeedUkraine strikes Russian tech giant’s data centres—
5. 9 Oct, 13:01Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al JazeeraUkraine takes aim at Russia’s AI data infrastructure—
6. 9 Oct, 14:20Hacker NewsYandex Takes a Second Data Center Hit in 48 Hours—
7. 9 Oct, 17:14BBC NewsRussian search engine Yandex struggles after Ukrainian strikes on data centres—
8. 9 Oct, 22:04Ars TechnicaUkraine’s drones knock out AI data center belonging to "Russia’s Google"—
9. 10 Oct, 10:30Latest from Tom's HardwareUkrainian drones strike largest data center in Russia, multiple parts of 1.4 million square foot campus knocked offline—
10. 11 Oct, 03:32kyivindependent.comThird Yandex data center in Russia shut down following reported drone attack—
11. Show 26 later sources

    1. 11 Oct, 07:34Hacker News3rd Yandex Cloud Data Center Was Hit—
    2. 11 Oct, 08:50ABC NewsUkraine steps up strikes on Russia's tech infrastructure—
    3. 11 Oct, 09:33Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al JazeeraRussia’s Yandex says data centre in Vladimir shut down after drone attack—
    4. 11 Oct, 10:27Hacker NewsSudden drop in Cloudflare bot traffic after strike on Yandex datacenter—
    5. 11 Oct, 12:50BBC NewsUkraine strikes Russian data centre again despite Trump warning—
    6. 11 Oct, 13:00Hacker NewsBot traffic plunged to near 0 following the strike on its Vladimir data center—
    7. 11 Oct, 13:15Latest from Tom's Hardware in NewsRussia's Yandex bot traffic nearly eliminated overnight after Ukraine drone strikes cripple multiple of 'Russia's Google' data centers—
    8. 12 Oct, 11:51kyivindependent.comFire Point trolls Russia's Yandex after drone attack on data center87%
    9. 12 Oct, 13:31Bloomberg TechnologyYandex Taxi, Map Services Curbed After Ukraine Hits Data Centers87%
    10. 12 Oct, 13:45www.theregister.comUkrainian drone strikes on Yandex datacenters knock cloud and payments offline87%
    11. 12 Oct, 15:43The VergeThe Yandex outage probably didn’t blitz Russian bots87%
    12. 12 Oct, 17:52Ars TechnicaRussia was not ready for the data center war it started with Ukraine87%
    13. 13 Oct, 13:27BBC NewsIs Zelensky right to say data centre strikes have taken down Russian bots?86%▼1 points since the previous source
    14. 13 Oct, 17:07Mother JonesDrone Strikes Didn’t Take out a Russian Bot Farm, But We Were Primed to Believe It85%▼2 points since the previous source
    15. 13 Oct, 17:31kyivindependent.comNo, Ukraine's strikes on Yandex data centers didn't cripple Russian influence ops85%
    16. 13 Oct, 18:31The VergeRussian bot farms are still trolling, even after Ukraine’s drone strikes on Yandex85%
    17. 13 Oct, 20:59France 24 - International breaking news, top stories and headlinesHave Ukrainian strikes on Yandex data centres hit Russian online disinformation?87%▲3 points since the previous source
    18. 14 Oct, 04:00News FeedHow Ukraine’s data centre strikes threw Russia into turmoil89%▲2 points since the previous source
    19. 14 Oct, 09:08Deutsche WelleFact check: Misleading graph about alleged Russian bot activity91%▲2 points since the previous source
    20. 14 Oct, 13:58kyivindependent.comUkrainian drones reportedly hit Sberbank data center in Russia92%▲1 points since the previous source
    21. 14 Oct, 20:29Hacker NewsYandex outage: data shows that instead of going dark, malicious bots moved92%
    22. 14 Oct, 20:43Inc.The ‘Bots Are Gone’ Mystery May Not Be About Russia—If You’re a Threads User92%
    23. 15 Oct, 05:02The DispatchDid Ukrainian Drones Wipe Out Russia’s Bot Networks?93%▲2 points since the previous source
    24. 15 Oct, 12:28Latest from Tom's Hardware in NewsMalicious Russian disinformation bot traffic barely flinches after Ukraine strikes Yandex data centers and auto-migration kicks in94%▲1 points since the previous source
    25. 16 Oct, 00:17kyivindependent.comUkrainian drones reportedly strike Yandex data center, warehouses in overnight attack on Russia96%▲3 points since the previous source
    26. 16 Oct, 10:15Latest from Tom's HardwareUkrainian drones hit Russian data centers, disrupting Russian apps and services94%▼3 points since the previous source
12. 16 Oct, 17:55Market resolved: Yes