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Russian bot farms are still trolling, even after Ukraine’s drone strikes on Yandex

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Recent Ukrainian drone strikes targeting Russian data centers have reportedly disrupted Kremlin-linked disinformation operations on social platforms. President Zelenskyy claims the successful campaign against Yandex infrastructure has demonstrably reduced the volume of coordinated hate speech and provocative content online.

  • 01Ukrainian military drones successfully disabled several critical Russian data centers and Yandex infrastructure
  • 02President Zelenskyy reports a measurable decline in social media division following the targeted strikes
  • 03The operation aimed to physically degrade Russia's technical capacity for global disinformation campaigns
  • 04Ongoing monitoring is required as bot farm activity persists despite significant infrastructure damage

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Days after Ukrainian military drones took down several Russian data centers, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed that the campaign had hurt Russia's disinformation efforts. "It suddenly became a little easier to breathe on many social platforms," Zelenskyy said Monday. "There was less hate, less division, and fewer provocations." Zelenskyy isn't the first to assert that the […]