Ukraine has carried out attacks on data centers in Russia, causing outages that affected everyday services for Russian residents, テレ朝NEWS reported on Sunday. The strikes disrupted operations at major Russian IT companies, with some services becoming unavailable, according to 西日本新聞.
The affected services included taxi and food delivery platforms, テレ朝NEWS reported. 朝日新聞 said the attacks caused problems for delivery and other services, while 読売新聞 reported communication failures linked to the shutdown of a Russian data center.
Yahoo!ニュース described the targets as Russia's equivalent of Google, referring to domestic technology providers. A photo published by 西日本新聞 and credited to AP and Kyodo showed a man making a food delivery for Yandex's delivery service in Moscow on the 11th.
The reports did not specify how many facilities were hit or the full extent of the damage. Details on which companies were affected beyond Yandex, and how long the disruptions lasted, were not immediately available in the source material.
The strikes mark an expansion of the conflict into infrastructure that supports ordinary civilian activity inside Russia. Services such as ride-hailing and food delivery depend on continuous data center operations, so outages can quickly reach consumers.
What to watch next: whether Russian authorities or the affected companies confirm the scope of the damage, and whether further attacks on technology infrastructure follow.
