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Ukraine's Digital Transformation Ministry to build major AI data center with private firms

Digital Transformation Ministry plans to build a large sovereign AI data center with private investors, Digital Transformation Minister Oksana Ferchuk said at Kyiv International Economic Forum (KIEF), Interfax-Ukraine reported on Oct. 28.

28 October, 02:39 PM

Russian forces damage data center in Kyiv during overnight attack

Russian forces damaged Gigacenter’s data center in Kyiv during an overnight attack on the capital on October 20, the company announced in a statement.

21 October, 11:51 AM

Satellite image shows how Yandex's largest data center in Kaluga looks now

External damage to Yandex's data center in Russia's Kaluga, caused by the Oct. 9 drone attack, has already been repaired, according to a satellite image published by the OSINT channel Dnipro Osint (Harbuz) on Oct. 20.

20 October, 05:58 PM

Overnight Russian missile strike destroys major telecom data center

A Russian ballistic missile attack overnight on October 19 completely destroyed the equipment and infrastructure at a Datagroup data center, making it impossible to restore operations, the telecommunications company announced.

19 October, 11:54 AM

Russia proposes building data centers in coal pits after drone strikes

Russia proposed building data centers inside 300-meter-deep coal pits to shield servers from Ukrainian drone strikes, Kemerovo Oblast Governor Ilya Seredyuk said on Oct. 16.

16 October, 01:16 PM

Ukraine should target Russian data centers over refineries — expert

Ukraine should pivot its drone strikes from Russian oil refineries to data centers if it wants to influence the upcoming U.S. elections, former Naftogaz CEO Andriy Kobolyev told Radio NV on October 15.

16 October, 11:21 AM

Consequences of precision strikes on Russian IT giant Yandex — NV infographic

In October 2026, Ukrainian Defense Forces executed a targeted campaign of asymmetric deep strikes against the core server infrastructure of Russian technology conglomerate Yandex, inflicting severe technical and operational damage.

16 October, 09:25 AM

Russia's tax service suffers widespread outage after reported drone attacks on major data centers

A large-scale outage hit the Federal Tax Service in Russia amid attacks by Ukrainian drones on data centers of Yandex and Sberbank, The Moscow Times reported on Oct. 15.

15 October, 04:51 PM

Ukrainian drones strike Sberbank mega data center in Saratov Oblast — photoreport

The city of Balakovo in Russia's Saratov Oblast came under a massive Ukrainian drone strike overnight into Oct. 14, targeting Sberbank's flagship mega data center alongside adjacent energy infrastructure.

14 October, 11:13 AM

Russian supercomputers are beyond repair after strikes on Yandex data centers

Russia will be forced to completely rebuild its supercomputers from scratch following Ukrainian strikes on Yandex data centers, tech expert and founder of the Narodniy Starlink (The People’s Starlink) and SkyLinker projects Volodymyr Stepanets told Radio NV on October 13.

14 October, 09:01 AM

Russia complains of strike on Yandex's second data center in two days

A drone attack in the Russian city of Kaluga damaged part of the infrastructure of a Yandex data center, knocking out several modules completely, the company's press service said on Oct. 9, according to the Russian news agency Interfax.

9 October, 01:05 PM

Second wave of internet outages hits Russia after attack on Yandex data center

Operations at Yandex’s data center in Sasovo, Ryazan Oblast, were completely suspended after a drone attack on the facility, the company said on Oct. 8.

8 October, 08:41 PM

Former NSDC official confirms strike on Yandex data center in Ryazan Oblast

Andrii Kovalenko, former head of the Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD) at Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council, commented on a fire at the Sasta plant in Russia's Ryazan Oblast, where a data center of Yandex DC LLC is also located, saying that "two can play at that game" in a Telegram post on Oct. 8.

8 October, 01:56 PM

Russian drone strike hits Ukrtelecom building in central Dnipro, sparks fire

Russian forces attacked a telecommunications company building in central Dnipro on the morning of Oct. 4, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration head Oleksandr Hanzha reported.

4 October, 06:58 PM

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