Viral claim: War Thunder down worldwide and Yandex not restored until 2028 (Community Note: false / speculative)
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Why it matters
654k-view claim about the Yandex strikes that carries a Community Note correcting it.
Summary
The post claims War Thunder ‘stopped working worldwide’ after the drone attack on a Yandex data center and that, ‘according to Russian media’, Yandex services will not be fully restored until 2028. A Community Note (read via fxtwitter on 2026-10-12) says: ‘War Thunder remains operational globally per outage monitors. Russian users reported some issues tied to Yandex Cloud after drone attacks on its DCs (Yandex/Reuters confirmed). 2028 restoration is speculative Russian media claim, not official.’ Treat the post as misinformation with high reach, not as a source.
Metrics read 2026-10-12 via api.fxtwitter.com: 654,320 views, 12,458 likes.
Archived text
War Thunder has stopped working worldwide after a drone attack on a Yandex data center.
According to Russian media, Yandex services will not be fully restored until 2028.
Community Note: War Thunder remains operational globally per outage monitors. Russian users reported some issues tied to Yandex Cloud after drone attacks on its DCs (Yandex/Reuters confirmed). 2028 restoration is speculative Russian media claim, not official.
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