{
  "id": 13000912,
  "title": "Ukrainian drone attack takes out Russian datacenter",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/ukrainian-drone-attack-takes-out-russian-datacenter",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-09T00:08:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Register Science",
    "slug": "the-register-science",
    "url": "https://www.theregister.com/off-prem/2026/10/09/ukrainian-drone-attack-takes-out-russian-datacenter/5302137"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Russian cloud services provider Yandex reported that one of its data centers in Sasovo was hit by a drone attack, rendering its cloud availability zone inaccessible. The incident led to the shutdown of Yandex Cloud operations. The company suggested that users adopt alternative service restoration plans, including its own bare metal servers, but warned that a full recovery would take time. Yandex has not revealed the origin of the drone attack. Ukrainian authorities claim Russia is responsible for targeting Ukrainian data centers, and they vow to respond in kind. It remains unclear if Yandex can restore operations, making this the second instance of cloud providers losing facilities to drone attacks this year, following Amazon Web Services' Bahrain facility after an Iranian drone attack.",
  "summary": "Putin this cloud region back into operation might not be possible, says Yandex",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Register",
        "title": "Ukrainian drone attack takes out Russian datacenter",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/ukrainian-drone-attack-takes-out-russian-datacenter-13003065",
        "published": "2026-10-09T00:08:52.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}