Moscow, Oct 8, 2026 (AFP) - Russian data centre hit by drone in first for Ukraine war

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2026-10-08

A drone attack caused a fire at a data centre belonging to Russian technology giant Yandex, the company told AFP Thursday, in the first strike of its kind on Russia. Images posted on social media showed thick, black smoke pouring from the roof of the building, which the company said was in the central Ryazan region, southeast of Moscow. It is more than 500 kilometers (310 miles) from Ukraine's Kharkiv region. But Russia and Ukraine have intensifi......

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