DIGITAL WARFARE: Russia's Hyper-Centralized Network Exposed as Vulnerable...

Three Ukrainian drone strikes in four days knocked out data centers belonging to Yandex, Russia's dominant tech company, disrupting everything from payment systems and email to maps and ride-hailing across the country. The strikes hit supercomputers used for AI training and a massive facility with 63-megawatt capacity, leaving Russian independent analysts warning that Moscow's centralized digital infrastructure—built around a handful of major companies—has become a critical military liability. Russia initiated the data center war by targeting Ukrainian telecom networks in late September, but Ukrainian retaliation exposed how differently the two countries built their digital economies.