Conflict · Moscow, Russia · October 23, 2026

Ukrainian drones hit Russian data centers and disrupt Moscow airports

Reported by 2 outlets · first reported Oct 23, 9:07 AM ET

Ukrainian drones struck three Yandex facilities, a Sber data center and a VKontakte server farm across five Russian regions, causing failures in payments, navigation and cloud services, Euronews reported. Repeated drone attacks are also disrupting operations at Moscow's airports. Experts quoted said restoring the damaged infrastructure could take months or years.

Why it matters

The strikes disrupt digital services and air travel for millions of people in Russia.

Background

Ukraine has expanded long-range drone attacks on Russian territory during the war. Russia continues missile and drone strikes on Ukrainian cities and energy infrastructure.

The story so far

1. Oct 23Ukrainian drones hit Russian data centers and disrupt Moscow airports
2. Oct 24Ukrainian strike on Russian factory kills three
3. Oct 26Russian strikes hit Kharkiv; Ukrainian drones hit Voronezh
4. Oct 29Russian drone kills 14 at Dnipro station
5. Oct 30Russian drone strike kills 14 at Dnipro rail station

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Sources

• Euronews ↗Oct 23, 9:07 AM ET
• DW ↗Oct 23, 10:23 AM ET

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