Yandex services gradually recover after Ukrainian drone attack

Moscow (ANTARA) — Services provided by leading Russian IT company Yandex are gradually returning to normal after a major disruption caused by Ukrainian drone attacks on its data centres, the company’s press service said on Sunday (11 October), according to Xinhua.

“Yandex services are gradually coming back online. Access to Alice, Search, Yandex Maps, Taxi, Mail and other services is being restored, although some features are still unavailable,” the company said on its official MAX channel.

The disruption followed Ukrainian drone attacks on Yandex data centres. The facility in Sasovo was shut from Wednesday night (7 October) until the early hours of Thursday (8 October), while data-centre infrastructure in Kaluga Region was damaged on Friday morning (9 October). Another drone attack on Sunday forced the company’s data centre in Vladimir to suspend operations temporarily.

Yandex technicians are continuing efforts to restore Yandex Pay. The company said users would soon regain access to their funds, but did not specify when.