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Ukraine's drone strikes on Yandex data centers disrupted Yandex's web
Ukraine's drone strikes on Yandex data centers disrupted Yandex's web crawlers, not Russian political bot operations, as Zelenskyy celebrated "less division"
TL;DRUkraine hit Yandex servers; search crawlers went down, not propaganda bots.
Why it matters: Suggests drone strikes may not effectively disrupt disinformation ops despite political claims of success.
Ukraine's drone strikes on Yandex data centers disrupted Yandex's web crawlers, not Russian political bot operations, as Zelenskyy celebrated “less division” — Zelenskyy celebrated ‘less division’ on social media after the strikes but the data isn't backing that up yet.
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