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# OSINTtechnical: Yandex apps down after the Vladimir strike, 'the third Yandex facility hit in four days'

OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical), X, 2026-10-11.
Source: https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2109160348133609590

## Why it matters

Widely read OSINT summary of the third Yandex data-center strike (161k views).

## Summary

OSINTtechnical says Yandex applications across Russia had major outages after an overnight Ukrainian drone strike 'damaged and shut down the company's data center in Vladimir, the third Yandex facility hit in four days', and that the outages hit several services including Yandex Pay. Secondary account; no source given in the post.

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## Archived text

> Yandex applications across Russia are experiencing major outages after an overnight Ukrainian drone strike damaged and shut down the company’s data center in Vladimir, the third Yandex facility hit in four days.
> 
> The outages have hit multiple services including Yandex pay.

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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/)