# Yandex strikes disrupted web crawlers, with no evidence of political bot impact

_Published Wednesday, October 14, 2026 at 7:01 AM EDT · Infrastructure · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

Ukraine's drone strikes on Yandex data centers disrupted the company's web crawlers rather than Russian political bot operations, The Verge reported. Zelenskyy celebrated less division on social media after the strikes, but the data does not yet support that assessment.

## Sources

- [Techmeme](https://www.techmeme.com/261014/p11#a261014p11)

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Published: 2026-10-14T11:01:32.974Z
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