{
  "id": 14267389,
  "title": "Russian bot farms are still trolling, even after Ukraine’s drone strikes on Yandex",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/russian-bot-farms-are-still-trolling-even-after-ukraines-drone",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-13T18:31:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Verge",
    "slug": "the-verge",
    "url": "https://www.theverge.com/news/1010424/yandex-drone-strike-outage-disinformation-zelenskyy"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated on Monday that recent Ukrainian military drone operations targeting Yandex data centers have hindered Russian disinformation efforts. According to The Verge, Zelenskyy claimed the campaign resulted in less hate, division, and provocation on various social platforms. Social media users have also claimed to notice a decrease in traffic on posts by MAGA-affiliated accounts.\n\nIn separate developments, the Kyiv Independent reported that Kyiv came under missile attack on the night of October 12. While the Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russian forces used what appeared to be six ballistic missiles, President Zelenskyy stated that five ballistic missiles hit civilian infrastructure.\n\nIn the Russian State Duma, lawmaker Anatoly Lokot of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation called for Russian citizens to share the burden of the war equally. During a session considering the 2025 budget, lawmakers approved a report showing a deficit of 5.63 trillion rubles, though the KPRF faction refused to support the report due to what they described as systemic problems. Meduza (English) reports that the Accounts Chamber found budget violations totaling 580 billion rubles, an increase of 30.7% compared to the previous year.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "UATV English",
        "title": "Strikes On Russian Data Centers Could Reduce Accuracy Of Attacks On Ukraine",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/strikes-on-russian-data-centers-could-reduce-accuracy-of-attacks-on",
        "published": "2026-10-13T16:07:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Le Monde English",
        "title": "Ukraine strikes on Russian data centers disrupt online services",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/ukraine-strikes-on-russian-data-centers-disrupt-online-services",
        "published": "2026-10-13T16:40:05.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Interfax-Ukraine",
        "title": "Trump links Russian shelling of Ukraine after announced ceasefire to Ukrainian strikes day earlier",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/trump-links-russian-shelling-of-ukraine-after-announced-ceasefire-to",
        "published": "2026-10-13T17:24:36.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Kyiv Independent",
        "title": "No, Ukraine's strikes on Yandex data centers didn't cripple Russian influence ops",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/no-ukraines-strikes-on-yandex-data-centers-didnt-cripple-russian",
        "published": "2026-10-13T17:31:46.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}