Updated

Ukrainian attacks damaged Yandex's three main supercomputers — Chervonenkis, Lyapunov and Galushkin — used for search and AI development, likely through fire and smoke damage that reached electronics via cooling systems. Analysts say cleanup could take months and replacing damaged Nvidia chips could take years due to equipment shortages, potentially setting Russia's AI sector back significantly and allowing even Kazakhstan to surpass it. The Russian government confirmed it assisted Yandex in migrating systems after the attacks, and a Rostelecom executive called for the company to build 'doomsday' backup sites, while Putin held a meeting with top officials on cybersecurity, which the Kremlin said was unrelated to the strikes.