Yandex Cloud said it restored over 97% of customer data following drone strikes that damaged at least three of its data centers, but acknowledged 2.84% of data cannot be recovered due to critical equipment damage. The company attributed part of that loss to customers not using its backup tools, and announced it will now enable backups by default on all new virtual machines, alongside opening a new, more resilient availability zone.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-11-12
Rosstat confirmed its servers suffered coordinated cyberattacks between October 29-31 but denied claims of a large-scale data leak. Hacking groups CyberPartisans and Silent Crow say they stole 23TB of data, including restricted wartime casualty figures, and published a chart suggesting up to 50,000 Russian soldier deaths per month.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-11-02
Vladimir Putin called Elon Musk 'a genius' at the Russia-Africa Summit and said the two are in 'close contact' regarding Rassvet, Russia's planned rival to Starlink. Putin noted Musk already has over 5,000 satellites in orbit while Russia is just beginning its own effort.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-10-29
Ukraine's military intelligence agency GUR disclosed details of a Russian cruise missile called Filin, first deployed around September-October, that reportedly reaches speeds of 500mph and a range of 745 miles. GUR says the missile has a carbon and fiberglass fuselage with 3D-printed components, Russian-made engines, and electronic parts sourced from Western and allied companies, making it cheaper to produce than the roughly $2 million Kh-101 cruise missile.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-10-24
Ukraine has depended heavily on SpaceX's Starlink for civilian communications and military drone operations throughout the war with Russia, with the US and European allies funding terminals and subscriptions. Recent unexplained service disruptions, reportedly tied to Elon Musk's political stances, have pushed Ukraine and European partners to examine alternatives to the network. A BlueBird Tech hardware engineer told Ars that Starlink remains unmatched in cost, availability and ease of use, though access to the US military-grade Starshield variant has also been extended to Ukraine's defense sector.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-10-23
Ukraine has carried out drone attacks over the past week targeting several of Yandex's major data centers, disrupting Russian consumer apps including shopping and taxi services in major cities. A Cloudflare report found that while the attacks caused real service outages, Russian bot-driven disinformation traffic was not eliminated but instead shifted to other hosting providers.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-10-16
SpaceX operates Starshield, a secure satellite network built for government and military clients, separate from its consumer Starlink service. Reporting indicates some Starshield-related capabilities have become important to Ukraine's military operations during its war with Russia.
wsj.com
· 2026-10-15
Elon Musk responded to reports that SpaceX restricted Ukraine's access to Starshield, the military version of Starlink, by stating that Starshield systems are owned and controlled by the US government, with usage limits set by the Pentagon and the president. He distinguished this from the commercial Starlink service, which he said SpaceX controls but restricts to civilian or defensive use only. The statement follows earlier accusations from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that SpaceX was restricting access to the service.
futurism.com
· 2026-10-15
Bulgarian PM Rumen Radev confirmed a fire damaged a Starlink satellite internet facility near Sofia last week, with opposition group Democratic Bulgaria saying 11 of 17 antennas were deliberately burned on October 9. Two German passport holders, aged 20 and 21, have been detained in connection with the suspected sabotage, and authorities are investigating possible links to recent arrests in Germany tied to an attack on a Starlink site in Poland.
dpa-international.com
· 2026-10-14
Ukrainian drone units reported Starlink terminal signal failures at speeds above 160 km/h starting Wednesday, disrupting frontline logistics and strike missions without prior notice, according to military personnel and senior officials. Kyiv also said it received no advance warning from allies of a Russian missile strike on energy facilities for a second consecutive day.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-10-14
In Mykolaiv, Ukraine, Danish government-funded off-grid solar arrays and batteries now power an underground water pump in an eastern suburb, supplying residents with drinking water even after Russian strikes knocked out centralized power plants nationwide. The city has also installed five solar-powered desalination systems that convert saline or polluted water into drinking water when sunlight is available, switching to grid power at night or on cloudy days.
energytransition.org
· 2026-10-04
A commentary piece discusses how even celebrated experts and public figures sometimes make confident but questionable claims outside their expertise. It cites tech investor Jason Calacanis's podcast remarks, including his view that the Russia-Ukraine war could be resolved through land swaps and that governments shouldn't regulate mergers and acquisitions.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-29
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