Ukraine Strikes Russian Data Centers as Trump’s Diesel Deal Faces Bipartisan Backlash

October 12, 2026

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Ukraine struck three Yandex data centers inside Russia over the weekend, knocking offline a tech infrastructure that functions as the country's equivalent of Google. The strikes hit facilities in Vladimir, Sasovo, and Kaluga, causing fires, widespread outages, and a sharp collapse in Russian bot traffic. Cloudflare reported that bot traffic from the Yandex network dropped to just 0.4% of the maximum HTTPS requests recorded over the prior two weeks. The attacks came immediately after a confusing sequence in which Donald Trump claimed he had secured an energy ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia—a claim both Zelensky and Putin denied ever hearing about.

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1 (00:28) **Ukraine Strikes Yandex Data Centers** - Ukraine hits three Yandex data centers, crippling Russian services and reducing bot traffic.
2 (01:27) **Trump’s False Energy Ceasefire Claim** - Trump announces an energy ceasefire without consulting Zelensky or Putin.
3 (03:45) **Ukraine Retaliates with Data Center Strikes** - After Trump's failed deal, Ukraine intensifies attacks on Russian data centers.
4 (06:26) **Footage of Yandex Data Center Strike** - Video shows the intense aftermath of the Vladimir data center attack.
5 (08:34) **Russia Strikes Kharkiv Power Plant and Supermarket** - Russia attacks a thermal power plant and a residential supermarket in Kharkiv.
6 (10:06) **Trump’s Deceitful Energy Deal Exposed** - The Trump regime's "refinery for refinery" deal is criticized as a lie.
7 (11:15) **Russia’s Continued Attacks on Ukraine’s Grid** - Over 200 Russian attacks on Ukraine's power grid in the past week.

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Show Notes

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Ukraine's strikes on three Russian Yandex data centers as Trump faces backlash over his diesel deal with Russia and shifting claims about an energy ceasefire. Meiselas breaks down Zelensky's response, Russia's attacks on Ukraine's energy grid—including the Kharkiv thermal power plant—and bipartisan congressional criticism of Trump's Russian diesel deal.

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