{
  "id": 14031116,
  "title": "Russia Was Not Ready For the Data Center War It Started With Ukraine",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/russia-was-not-ready-for-the-data-center-war-it-started-with-ukraine-14031116",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-12T19:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Slashdot",
    "slug": "slashdot",
    "url": "https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/10/12/1832205/russia-was-not-ready-for-the-data-center-war-it-started-with-ukraine"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "When Russia launched a drone strike campaign against Ukrainian data centers and mobile networks in late September, it appeared unprepared for a possible retaliation. Now, the damage to Yandex data centers has led to widespread outages of critical Russian digital services. Ukrainian drone strikes knocked down three of the largest Yandex data centers, crippling popular payment apps, email, e-commerce, video streaming, ride-hailing, food delivery, and navigation services across Russia. The disruptions affect major grocery and fast-food chains, as well as a household appliance retailer. Pro-Kremlin bloggers warn that Russia's centralized digital economy may collapse due to its lack of resilience against the \"data center war\" it initiated. Ukraine's decentralized digital services may prove more robust if the conflict continues.",
  "summary": "An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: When Russia began attacking Ukrainian data centers and telecommunication infrastructure, it apparently failed to prepare for possible retaliation. Now Russia's digital services are facing widespread outages after Ukrainian drone strikes knocked out three of the largest data centers owned by Russian tech giant Yandex within several days.…",
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        "published": "2026-10-12T16:19:46.000Z"
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/angry-at-trumps-russian-diesel-deal-heres-how-you-can-help-ukraine",
        "published": "2026-10-12T17:39:45.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Ars Technica",
        "title": "Russia was not ready for the data center war it started with Ukraine",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/russia-was-not-ready-for-the-data-center-war-it-started-with-ukraine",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/kremlin-relishes-in-u-s-russia-diesel-deal-and-trumps-criticism-of",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "Zelensky unleashes on Trump as Russia diesel deal rallies Ukraine’s supporters",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/zelensky-unleashes-on-trump-as-russia-diesel-deal-rallies-ukraines",
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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."
}