Yandex, dubbed "Russia's Google," said on Telegram that operations at the Vladimir site were "completely suspended" and that it is working to restore connectivity. Nobody got hurt, but some services went dark for users. The other hits came Thursday in Sasovo and Friday in Kaluga, south-west of Moscow.
The strike came hours after President Donald Trump said Ukraine should "damn well stop" attacking Russia's oil refineries. President Volodymyr Zelensky answered on X that Ukraine will stop striking refineries if Russia stops striking Ukrainian energy infrastructure. He has also reacted furiously to a new US-Russia deal that will release millions of tonnes of Russian diesel into the US. Trump replied that he thinks "it's time for Ukraine to get a new president."
Yandex also runs a food-ordering and taxi app used by tens of millions of people. Kyiv says it targets sites that feed revenue to Moscow's war machine, and that repairs could force Russia to divert resources. Earlier this week, Yandex said it was struggling to maintain services after two of its five data centres took hits.
The war behind the attacks has entered its fifth year.