Ukraine struck three Yandex data centres in Russia beginning October 8, disrupting some of the company’s services. Online claims soon suggested the attacks had silenced Kremlin-linked propaganda bots, citing a decline in automated traffic associated with Yandex’s network. But that traffic includes search-engine crawlers and other automated requests—not just social media accounts spreading disinformation. Researchers monitoring influence operations reported no clear decline in known Russian-linked accounts or campaigns. The strikes disrupted infrastructure, but available evidence does not show they significantly reduced online disinformation
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