# Yandex Outage: Cloudflare Clarifies Bot Activity Impact

> Ukrainian drone strikes on Yandex data centers disrupted Russian bot traffic but not social media disinformation campaigns.
- Title: Yandex Outage: Cloudflare Clarifies Bot Activity Impact
- Summary: Ukrainian drone strikes on Yandex data centers disrupted Russian bot traffic but not social media disinformation campaigns. Cloudflare reports Yandex drone…
- Keywords: yandex, cloudflare, ukraine, drone strikes, bot activity, social media, disinformation, technology, culture, Outage, Clarifies, Bot
- Source: Mashable — https://mashable.com/tech/yandex-outage-cloudflare-report-confirms-what-happened-with-the-bots
- Author: Matt Binder
- Published: 2026-10-15T18:33:32+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: yandex, cloudflare, ukraine, drone strikes, bot activity, social media, disinformation, technology, culture
## Ukrainian drone strikes on Yandex
Ukrainian drones struck Yandex data centers over the past week.
## Zelenskyy claims drop in Russian bot activity
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed sudden drop in Russian bot activity and political disinformation campaigns.
## Cloudflare reports bot disruption
Cloudflare found some bot interruption but operators migrated systems to alternative cloud providers.
## Yandex Search and Cloud traffic drops
Yandex Search traffic fell 99 percent and Yandex.Cloud dropped 90 percent below pre-attack baseline.
## Bot activity on Yandex.Cloud drops
Bot activity on Yandex.Cloud dropped 40 percent with attack-like categories falling 90 percent or more.
## Cloudflare's Radar service limitations
Radar does not have visibility into HTTP traffic for specific platforms like X or Reddit.
## Cloudflare's conclusion on impact
Cloudflare data does not support claims that strikes crippled social media disinformation campaigns.
## Key takeaway

Cloudflare reports Yandex drone strikes caused 99% drop in Yandex Search traffic and 90% in Yandex.Cloud, but bot operators migrated systems without affecting social media disinformation.