Content overview: “Ukraine's Yandex Data Center Strikes: Did They Really Disable Russian Bots?”. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has claimed that strikes on Russian data centers, particularly those operated by Yandex, have disrupted the Kremlin's ability to run online disinformation campaigns. However, experts interviewed by the BBC say there is no evidence that Russian trolls or automated bot networks have been significantly affected by these attacks. Yandex, often described as 'Russia's Google,' operates massive data centers that host a wide range of services, from cloud computing to search and email.
While Ukraine's military has targeted infrastructure it says supports Russia's war effort, disinformation researchers point out that troll farms and bot operations are typically distributed across multiple platforms and locations, making them resilient to physical attacks on a single facility. The disconnect between political claims and on-the-ground digital effects highlights the complexity of modern information warfare. The full version stays on the original page, which this listing opens directly.