Here is what the page “Ukraine Drone Strikes Hit Russian Data Centers, but Yandex Outage Unlikely to Curb Kremlin” contains. Recent Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian data centers have sparked online speculation that Moscow's bot traffic has plummeted, but experts say the outage may not affect the state-linked networks most people associate with Russian disinformation. A widely shared chart citing Cloudflare data shows a sharp decline in traffic from Russia, yet the drop is likely tied to the disruption of Yandex, the country's largest search engine and a major hub for commercial web services, rather than covert influence operations.
Yandex, which handles the majority of Russian internet queries and hosts countless domestic sites, went offline after attacks on facilities in Moscow and other regions. While the outage has dented overall Russian web activity, cybersecurity researchers note that Kremlin-aligned bot farms and troll operations often rely on infrastructure outside the country or on backup channels, making them more resilient to physical strikes. This listing links straight to the original page, where the content is available in full.