Ukraine takes aim at Russia’s AI data infrastructure

What happened: Ukrainian drone strikes partly disabled a Yandex AI data centre in the Kaluga region, a day after an attack shut down a data hub in Sasovo in the Ryazan region. Key numbers: Two Yandex data hubs hit on consecutive days. Two of three supercomputers for Yandex AI models were housed in Sasovo. Ukhta refinery struck 1,900km from Ukraine. Why it matters: Yandex said the attacks struck the core of its operations and it is working to keep services running. Zelenskyy said Ukraine responds in mirror-like fashion to Russian strikes on its data centres.

Ukrainian drone strikes partly disabled a Yandex AI data centre in the Kaluga region, a day after an attack shut down a data hub in Sasovo in the Ryazan region.

Yandex said the attacks struck the core of its operations and it is working to keep services running. Zelenskyy said Ukraine responds in mirror-like fashion to Russian strikes on its data centres.