Ukraine’s Zelenskyy Claims Strikes on Russian Data Centers Silenced Social Media Bots

The ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war has mixed the digital and the kinetic in unprecedented and often terrifying ways, including widespread use of suicide drones, software orchestration of the front lines, and the weaponization of commercial ad data. So it’s hardly surprising that Ukraine has struck data centers run by Russia-based tech giant Yandex (sort of a Facebook/Google/Uber hybrid) three times in the last few days. The most recent strike, on Oct. 11, reportedly completely disabled a facility in the Vladimir region…