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# Cloudflare Radar: Yandex Cloud traffic about 33% below the previous week after the Sasovo strike

Cloudflare Radar (@CloudflareRadar), X, 2026-10-08.
Source: https://x.com/CloudflareRadar/status/2108122893028671604

## Why it matters

First-hand network measurement of the first Yandex data-center strike.

## Summary

Cloudflare Radar reports that after a drone strike caused a fire at Yandex's data center in Sasovo, Ryazan, traffic from Yandex Cloud (AS200350) 'dropped sharply': from about 22:30 UTC on Oct 7 (01:30 local time on Oct 8) it 'averaged about 33% below the previous week and remains below normal levels'. Links radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/as200350.

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## Archived text

> A drone strike caused a fire at #Yandex's data center in Sasovo, Ryazan, and traffic from Yandex Cloud (AS200350) dropped sharply. Starting around 22:30 UTC on Oct 7 (01:30 local time on Oct 8), traffic averaged about 33% below the previous week and remains below normal levels. #Russia
> 
> Cloudflare Radar: https://radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/as200350?dateRange=2d

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## Cited in

- 2026-10-08: [Drones hit Yandex's Sasovo data center, home to two of its AI supercomputers](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-10-08-drones-strike-yandex-sasovo-data-center/)