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Russian search engine Yandex struggles after Ukrainian strikes on data centres

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Russian tech giant Yandex has said it was struggling to maintain services after two of its five data centres were struck by Ukrainian drones in the past two days.

Often dubbed "Russia's Google", the company runs the country's most popular search engine, as well as a food-ordering and taxi app used by tens of millions of people.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said the attacks were in response to weeks of Russian strikes on Ukrainian data centres.

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