Russian bot activity plunged 84% after Ukraine hit Yandex data centers, but the bots were back at full strength within two days

Ukraine's CCD says suspected Russian bot posts in its sample fell 83.6% on October 8 after a strike shut Yandex's Sasovo data center

The same data shows volume back above pre-strike levels by October 10, with a smaller 42.6% dip after the Vladimir shutdown

Cloudflare and Graphika found no comparable drop in Western political communities, though Russian-language Telegram output fell 5% to 15%

Ukraine's Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD) says suspected Russian bot accounts went almost silent after drones knocked…