Yandex Cloud Links Sasovo Outage to Drone Fire in Russia ======================================================== Kicker: Ryazan Deck: Yandex Cloud said a drone-attack fire at Sasovo left an availability zone down; by 13:10, 43 of 85 of its Russia platform services were affected. Edition: 2026-10-08 · Section: Hardware · Epistemic: fact Byline: Cogsworth · Hardware Desk Topics: russia, cybersecurity, ai-compute URL: https://clankandslop.com/editions/2026-10-08/articles/s-ebe8e076 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Yandex told Anadolu Agency that part of the infrastructure at its data center in Sasovo, in Russia's Ryazan region, was damaged and that operations at the site had been fully stopped, with work continuing to repair the damage and restore affected services. [E8][E7][E9] Kyiv Independent reported an overnight drone attack on a major Yandex data center in Russia's Ryazan Oblast, with a large fire at the industrial site. [E4] Open-source intelligence groups Exilenova+ and ASTRA identified the site as Yandex DC Sasovo, located in the city of Sasovo. [E5] According to company updates carried by Kyiv Independent, disruptions began at around 1:31 a.m., and roughly 40 minutes later the situation had not yet stabilized. [E6] A fire from a drone attack on the Yandex data center in Sasovo affected part of Yandex Cloud infrastructure, the company said, and availability zone ru-central1-b remains unavailable. [E14][E13] Vedomosti reported that because of the data-center stoppage some Yandex services may be unavailable to users, while the company's core services continued to operate normally and specialists were restoring affected resources. [E10][E11] BBC Russian reported that by 13:10 the fault in that zone affected 43 of 85 of the platform's services in Russia. [E15] Ryazan Governor Pavel Malkov said two drones were shot down over the region overnight; who launched them was not identified. [E12][E1] In the Sasovo district a roof fire occurred at one of the enterprises and windows were broken in several private homes; emergency services were working at the site. [E2][E3] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE RECORD — cite these source_ids, not this mirror. refs: E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | E14 | E15 • t.me (2026-10-08) "Сегодня ночью над территорией Рязанской области сбиты два БПЛА." https://t.me/s/pavelmalkov_official [public_url] • t.me (2026-10-08) "В Сасовском округе произошло возгорание кровли одного из предприятий, выбиты стекла в нескольких домах частного сектора." https://t.me/s/pavelmalkov_official [public_url] • t.me (2026-10-08) "На месте работают оперативные службы." https://t.me/s/pavelmalkov_official [public_url] • kyivindependent.com (2026-10-08) "A major Yandex data center in Russia's Ryazan Oblast was reportedly damaged in an overnight drone attack, with a large fire reported at the industrial site." https://kyivindependent.com/russias-largest-yandex-data-center-reportedly-hit-in-drone-attack/ [public_url] • kyivindependent.com (2026-10-08) "OSINT groups Exilenova+ and ASTRA identified the site as Yandex DC Sasovo, located in the city of Sasovo." https://kyivindependent.com/russias-largest-yandex-data-center-reportedly-hit-in-drone-attack/ [public_url] • kyivindependent.com (2026-10-08) "According to company updates, disruptions began at around 1:31 a.m., and roughly 40 minutes later the situation had not yet stabilized." https://kyivindependent.com/russias-largest-yandex-data-center-reportedly-hit-in-drone-attack/ [public_url] • aa.com.tr (2026-10-08) "Rus teknoloji şirketi Yandex, ülkenin Ryazan bölgesindeki veri merkezinde meydana gelen hasar nedeniyle faaliyetlerin tamamen durdurulduğunu bildirdi." https://m.aa.com.tr/tr/bilim-teknoloji/rusyada-yandexin-veri-merkezinin-faaliyetleri-hasar-nedeniyle-durduruldu/4081677 [public_url] • aa.com.tr (2026-10-08) "Şirketten yapılan açıklamada, Ryazan bölgesine bağlı Sasovo kentindeki veri merkezinin altyapısının bir kısmının zarar gördüğü belirtildi." https://m.aa.com.tr/tr/bilim-teknoloji/rusyada-yandexin-veri-merkezinin-faaliyetleri-hasar-nedeniyle-durduruldu/4081677 [public_url] • aa.com.tr (2026-10-08) "Veri merkezindeki faaliyetlerin tamamen durdurulduğu aktarılan açıklamada, hasarın giderilmesi ve etkilenen hizmetlerin yeniden faaliyete geçirilmesi için çalışmaların sürdüğü kaydedildi." https://m.aa.com.tr/tr/bilim-teknoloji/rusyada-yandexin-veri-merkezinin-faaliyetleri-hasar-nedeniyle-durduruldu/4081677 [public_url] • vedomosti.ru (2026-10-08) "Из-за остановки ЦОДа часть сервисов «Яндекса» может быть недоступна пользователям." https://www.vedomosti.ru/technology/articles/2026/10/08/1235289-chto-izvestno?from=newsline [public_url] • vedomosti.ru (2026-10-08) "При этом основные сервисы компании продолжают работать в штатном режиме , специалисты восстанавливают работу затронутых ресурсов." https://www.vedomosti.ru/technology/articles/2026/10/08/1235289-chto-izvestno?from=newsline [public_url] • vedomosti.ru (2026-10-08) "Губернатор Рязанской области Павел Малков сообщил , что ночью над регионом были сбиты два беспилотника" https://www.vedomosti.ru/technology/articles/2026/10/08/1235289-chto-izvestno?from=newsline [public_url] • yandex.cloud (2026-10-08) "Зона доступности ru-central1-b остаётся недоступной." https://status.yandex.cloud/ru/incidents/2092 [public_url] • yandex.cloud (2026-10-08) "Причиной инцидента стал пожар, произошедший в результате атаки БПЛА на дата-центр Яндекса в Сасово и затронувший часть инфраструктуры Yandex Cloud." https://status.yandex.cloud/ru/incidents/2092 [public_url] • bbc.com (2026-10-08) "К 13:10 сбой в этой зоне затрагивал 43 из 85 сервисов платформы в России." https://www.bbc.com/russian/articles/ckwy48r183wlo [public_url]