By Bloomberg News | Updated on Oct 11, 2026 at 02:45 PM
Ukraine struck another major hub of the Russian tech giant Yandex, mirroring recent strikes by Moscow on data centers in Kyiv, as its leader faced pressure from US President Donald Trump over continued oil refinery attacks.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed on Sunday to maintain pressure on Russia in the face of Trump’s demand that Ukraine stop targenting Russian oil refineries and that the Ukrainian leader consider stepping aside altogether.
“Ukraine will be ready to stop striking Russian oil refineries if Russia stops striking our energy infrastructure,” Zelenskyy said on X. “Any de-escalation steps must be reciprocal and backed by real guarantees.”
I am grateful to all our emergency services, who are always there for our people and work to address the aftermath of brutal Russian strikes. Only this morning, search and rescue operations were completed in Zaporizhzhia, where Russia killed 23 people, including four children.… pic.twitter.com/RwqK1tEr2e
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) October 11, 2026
Zelenskyy spoke with several European leaders over the weekend after Trump announced a deal on Friday for the US to buy diesel fuel from Russia, and as talks in Miami between Ukrainian and allied officials with Trump envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner ended a day earlier than expected.
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British Prime Minister Andy Burnham is expected to meet with Zelenskyy “in the coming days,” UK Defense Minister Wes Streeting said on Sunday. European leaders will gather in Brussels on Thursday for a two-day summit.
Speaking to ABC News on Sunday, Zelenskyy urged Trump to use his leverage with Russian President Vladimir Putin to push for a 60-day ceasefire in the war, which is well into its fifth year.
Sunday’s hit on the data facility in Russia’s Vladimir region, about 180 kilometers (112 miles) northeast of Moscow, saw operations cease and various services disrputed, the company said in a statement on Telegram. Yandex is Russia’s largest technology company, offering services including a search engine, ride hailing, e-commerce, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence.
It was Ukraine’s third hit to a major Russian technology hub in the past four days and came in addition to ongoing strikes on oil refineries and other infrastructure, including warehouses operated by e-commerce companies — many of them deep within Russia.
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Kremlin forces in turn have targeted warehouses of some of Ukraine’s major logistics companies, including the private delivery service Nova Poshta and Rozetka, the country’s largest online retailer. On Sept. 27, the Russian defense ministry claimed strikes on data centers in Ukraine operated by Vodafone, Omega Telecom and Kyivstar.
Yandex’s Sasovo data center in the Ryazan region was out of action after sustaining “serious” damaged in an attack during the night of Oct. 7-8. On Friday, a center in Kaluga, about 150 km southwest of Moscow, was also damaged in a drone strike.
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The center in Vladimir is home to Yandex’s third supercomputer, used to train neural networks. The other two are in the Sasovo facility, which has operated since 2014.
Disruptions to Yandex services have been also reported in Kazakhstan, according to Interfax.
Yandex was founded by billionaire Arkady Volozh. He exited Russian operations in 2024 in a Kremlin-controlled deal after condemning the war on Ukraine. The transaction allowed the Dutch-registered parent, now known as Nebius Group, to fully divest from Russia.
Russia’s defense ministry reported its forces downed 479 Ukrainian drones overnight. Ukraine said Russia attacked it with 116 drones, out of which 94 were shot down. Moscow also reported today that it hit a data center in Odesa on Ukraine’s Black Sea coast.
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