Major internet outage hits Russia after strike on Yandex data center

According to the monitoring portals Sboy.rf and Downdetector, Russian banking services, online platforms, mobile operators, retail websites and Russian Railways services have experienced disruptions. Users reported problems with the services of several banks, as well as Google, YouTube, RuTube, Ivi, KION and Dnevnik.ru. The most complaints were recorded about Avito, with more than 14,000 reports in the past 24 hours. According to Downdetector, the most serious problems are being reported in St. Petersburg and Moscow. The outages began after an attack on a Yandex data center in Sasovo, Ryazan region, which caused a fire. Following the incident, users reported problems with Yandex Disk, Yandex Documents and other services.