# Russia’s Google says nearly 3% of its data was lost after crippling Ukraine drone strikes, opens secret availability zones

Source: [Latest from Tom's Hardware](https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/russias-google-says-nearly-3-percent-of-its-data-was-lost-after-crippling-ukraine-drone-strikes-opens-secret-availability-zones-yandex-cloud-blames-lack-of-user-backups-for-lost-data-now-forcibly-applies-backup-rules-by-default) · 2026-11-12 · Industry
Page: https://themorning.dev/story/russia-s-google-says-nearly-3-of-its-data-was-lost-after-crippling-ukraine-drone-d3cb434486f28345
Kind: security · Impact: medium

## In brief

- Yandex says it restored access to more than 97% of customer cloud data after drone strikes damaged its data centers.
- Nearly 3% of customer data was lost, according to the reporting, and Yandex Cloud blames the lack of user backups.
- Yandex Cloud now applies backup rules by default and has opened previously secret availability zones.

## Why it matters

Losing customer data after physical damage to data centers shows that single-region storage without backups is a real risk, even for large providers.

## What to do

- Verify that your own backups exist independently of the provider's infrastructure, especially for data stored in Yandex Cloud

## Timeline

- 2026-11-12: Yandex cloud business published a blog post reporting restored access to more than 97% of customer data after drone strikes

## Coverage

- [Russia’s Google says nearly 3% of its data was lost after crippling Ukraine drone strikes, opens secret availability zones](https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/russias-google-says-nearly-3-percent-of-its-data-was-lost-after-crippling-ukraine-drone-strikes-opens-secret-availability-zones-yandex-cloud-blames-lack-of-user-backups-for-lost-data-now-forcibly-applies-backup-rules-by-default) — Latest from Tom's Hardware, 2026-11-12

Tags: cloud, data-loss, data-centers, backups, infrastructure

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