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Comment by oytis | original | 3rd Yandex Cloud Data Center Was Hit
[−]oytis · 2026-10-11 Sun 08:35 UTC · link
I don't think Yandex DCs are used directly for military purposes much. It's more about harming Russian economy in general, including its highly prided digital infrastructure
[−]fartfeatures · 2026-10-11 Sun 08:43 UTC · link
I don't have specific information about Yandex but don't forget how heavily involved Amazon were with things like: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/19/world/europe/ukraine-cybe... it wouldn't be a huge stretch to suggest that a lot of cloud hosting providers are neck deep in national security.
[−]andy_ppp · 2026-10-11 Sun 08:44 UTC · link
Also Russia has been targeting Ukrainian digital infrastructure so they make these things fair game IMO.
[−]youngtaff · 2026-10-11 Sun 09:19 UTC · link
Russia is hitting everything in Ukraine… DC, power plants, rail, road housing

Ukraine has a very targeted response but notably tries to minimise civilian casualties

[−]ponector · 2026-10-11 Sun 08:44 UTC · link
Military personnel use the same Yandex services as regular people: delivery, maps, taxi, etc.

Also Yandex is a large cloud provider, they host a lot of government-connected companies.