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Silicon Bites Ep415 | 2026-10-08 | Putin has bet the farm on this war. And today the drones came calling – for the server farms, that is. Ukraine hits Yandex’s Sasovo data centre — in a new phase of the war of consequences for Moscow — Putin tried to make Kyiv unliveable. Now the mirror strategy flips toward Moscow. Did Putin really think he could strike Ukraine without being struck back? ----------SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.gofundme.com/f/scaling-up-campaign-to-fight-authoritarian-disinformation----------TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:Save Ukrainehttps://www.saveukraineua.org/Superhumans - Hospital for war traumashttps://superhumans.com/en/UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukrainehttps://unbroken.org.ua/Come Back Alivehttps://savelife.in.ua/en/Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchenhttps://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraineUNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyyhttps://u24.gov.ua/Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundationhttps://prytulafoundation.org----------SOURCES:Meduza — "Ukraine strikes Yandex data center housing two of the company's supercomputers" (8 Oct 2026): https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/10/08/ukraine-strikes-yandex-data-center-housing-two-of-the-company-s-supercomputersCNBC — "Russia's internet giant Yandex halts operations at major data center after drone attack" (8 Oct 2026): https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/08/russia-yandex-ukraine-drone-strike-data-center.htmlAFP via Yahoo News — "Drone hits Yandex data centre, in first such attack on Russia" (8 Oct 2026): https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/drone-hits-yandex-data-centre-084549070.htmlFrance 24 — "More than 30 killed in Russian strike on buses in Ukraine's Kramatorsk as Kyiv targets data centre" (8 Oct 2026): https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20261008-russian-strike-buses-kills-at-least-12-ukraine-kramatorsk-kyiv-targets-data-centreKyiv Post — "Ukraine Strikes Yandex Data Center, Russian Oil Refinery Overnight" (8 Oct 2026): https://www.kyivpost.com/post/86416The Record (Recorded Future News) — "Major Yandex data center in Russia hit by Ukrainian drone strike" (8 Oct 2026): https://therecord.media/yandex-russia-drone-ukraineNewsweek via Yahoo News — "Ukraine strikes major data center of Russia's 'Google' in drone attack" (8 Oct 2026): https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/ukraine-strikes-major-data-center-074954554.htmldpa via Yahoo News — "Ukraine strikes Yandex data centre in Russia, firm confirms 'incident'" (8 Oct 2026): https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/ukraine-strikes-yandex-data-centre-091832238.htmlKyiv Independent — front-page briefs on the Sasovo strike and the Defence Ministry's refinery assessment (7–8 Oct 2026): https://kyivindependent.com/Meduza — "Russia has begun striking Kyiv's bridges across the Dnipro for the first time since invading Ukraine" (4 Oct 2026, background): https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/10/04/russia-has-begun-striking-kyiv-s-bridges-across-the-dnipro-for-the-first-time-since-invading-ukraine----------