I tried to understand that feeling you get when your love of a cute animal video turns to sick realisation you're watching AI slop.

Yandex Pay had to come out with a statement after many Russians said they couldn’t access their money. Yandex Bank is also unresponsive after the Ukrainian strike on three data centres.

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13/ …limitations – facilitated this setup. Furthermore, Ukraine partnered with leading global IT firms – including the aforementioned AWS, as well as Google, Oracle, Microsoft, and others. Kyiv has access to these services, unlike Russia, which faces sanctions.

12/ "This represents Ukraine's first major advantage: the country was prepared for such a scenario. Much of its infrastructure had already been deployed for years in locations beyond Russia's reach, supported by a legal framework that – while initially containing some…

11/ "Private companies have followed suit; for instance, the telecom operator Datagroup – hit during the 25 September attack – announced that same day that customer data remained safe and all services continued running from backup sites with virtually no downtime.

10/ …of Minister of Defence. Consequently, since 2022, Ukrainian government services have either operated entirely from overseas cloud platforms or maintained redundant infrastructure there, allowing for an immediate switchover following an attack on the primary systems.

9/ "Subsequently, Microsoft and European data centres also provided assistance to Ukraine. The protection of digital infrastructure was spearheaded by the Ministry of Digital Transformation, led by Mykhailo Fedorov — the very same person who, not long ago, briefly held the post…

8/ "Immediately after the war began, Amazon allocated 10 petabytes of free cloud storage to Kyiv; data from registries, ministries, universities, and schools was migrated there, ensuring their operations never ceased.

7/ "Ukraine had been prepared for this scenario almost from the very start of the war – and even before that. Even prior to the invasion, when it was clear to everyone that it was virtually inevitable, a law was passed allowing for the temporary storage of state registries abroad.

6/ "This move effectively lifted the constraints that had previously bound Ukraine – a country that generally adheres to certain rules of engagement and, with few exceptions, does not initiate attacks on clearly civilian targets.

5/ "In other words, one shouldn't assume that no one had thought to attack data centres before; it is simply that Putin decided to take this step right now.

4/ "In June, the Russian Armed Forces began systematically targeting warehouses belonging to the Ukrainian company Nova Poshta, prompting a retaliatory strike on Wildberries warehouses; in September, strikes on Ukrainian data centres began, and a response followed swiftly.

3/ "This summer, faced with the inability to conclude a war that began nearly five years ago, Putin opted for a new round of escalation.

2/ In a long post, 'Artjockey' highlights how Ukraine has prepared for damage to its digital services, with the aid of its Western partners, while Russia seemingly has not. He blames officials for advising Putin to launch the attacks while overlooking Russia's own vulnerability:

1/ Russian attacks on Ukrainian data centres have started a "data centre war" for which Russia is ill-prepared, argues a Russian warblogger. He forecasts a disastrous collapse of Russia's digital economy if Ukraine's retaliatory attacks on Russian data centres continue. ⬇️

Cloudfare: Russian troll activity on X drops to 49%, after Ukraine strikes Yandex Russian data center. 🤖 🫤 Could this disrupt the midterms for the GOP?

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