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Drone attacks hit Yandex data centers in Russia

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Covered by 6 outlets. No right-leaning outlet that Mantle follows has covered it yet.

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Drone attacks hit Yandex data centers in Russia, and the company paused operations inside one facility, according to CNBC. Bloomberg reported that strikes continued on a second day and disrupted some services. The Daily Beast reported that the facility is about 500 miles from the front lines in Moscow and called the attack the first major strike on a Russian data hub since the war with Ukraine began. The Financial Times reported that Kyiv was attacking Yandex facilities, known as ‘Russia’s Google’, in retaliation for strikes on Kyiv’s digital infrastructure.

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What happened

Key points

Each point shows who reports it, from Far Left to Far Right.

  1. Drone attacks hit Yandex data centers in Russia.

    Across the spectrumReported byFar Left1Left1Center2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Far Left
    The Daily Beast
    Left
    Bloomberg
    Center
    CNBC, Financial Times

  2. Yandex paused operations inside one of its data centers, according to CNBC.

    One outletCNBC· Center

  3. Strikes continued on a second day, disrupting some Yandex services, according to Bloomberg.

    One outletBloomberg· Left

  4. The Daily Beast reported the attack was the first major strike on a Russian data hub since the war with Ukraine began.

    One outletThe Daily Beast· Far Left

  5. The Financial Times reported the attacks as retaliation for strikes on Ukraine’s digital infrastructure.

    One outletFinancial Times· Center

What is contested

Where accounts differ

Points the coverage does not agree on, and who says what.

  • Whether the strikes on Yandex were retaliation for attacks on Ukraine’s digital infrastructure.

    The Financial Times describes the strikes as retaliation for attacks on Kyiv’s digital infrastructure. The supplied coverage from CNBC, Bloomberg and the Daily Beast does not characterize a motive.

How each side tells it

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  • the left

    3 outlets

    Bloomberg’s headline is factual and centers the ongoing strikes and service disruption, while the Daily Beast, the outlet furthest left in this group, frames the attack as a humiliation for Vladimir Putin with the headline ‘Putin Humiliated as Drones Torch ‘Russia’s Google’ in Stunning First’.

    Putin’s Nightmare Deepens as More Drones Hit ‘Russia’s Google’
    The Daily BeastFar LeftAll left-leaning headlines

  • the center

    3 outlets

    CNBC’s headline centers the company’s operational response, while the Financial Times headline names Ukraine as the actor and calls Yandex a ‘Russian tech giant’.

    Russian search engine Yandex struggles after Ukrainian strikes on data centres
    BBC NewsCenterAll center headlines

  • the right

    No coverage yet

    No right-leaning outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.

The words they chose

Language to notice

Words that carry a judgement beyond the facts. Tap a highlighted word anywhere on the page to see why.

  • Left5

    has been humiliatedsmash intostunning attackHumiliated

  • Center0

    No loaded words in its own voice.

  • Right

    Has not covered this story.

In the outlets’ own words

  • Loaded verb

    has been humiliatedMore neutral: Ukrainian drones broke through air defenses

    Describing Putin as humiliated is a judgement about his standing that the reported facts do not establish.

    Vladimir Putin has been humiliated after Ukrainian drones broke through air defenses to smash into a data hub that…

    Used byThe Daily Beast (Far Left)

  • Loaded verb

    smash intoMore neutral: strike

    The verb adds force and drama beyond the reported fact that drones struck the facility.

    …Putin has been humiliated after Ukrainian drones broke through air defenses to smash into a data hub that has been called “Russia’s Google.” The stunning attack struck…

    Used byThe Daily Beast (Far Left)

  • Sensational language

    stunning attackMore neutral: attack

    Calling the attack stunning adds drama that the facts do not require.

    …defenses to smash into a data hub that has been called “Russia’s Google.” The stunning attack struck Yandex—a data center about 500 miles from the front lines in Moscow, the…

    Used byThe Daily Beast (Far Left)

  • Loaded verb

    HumiliatedMore neutral: Ukrainian drones hit a Yandex data center

    Describing Putin as humiliated is a judgement about his feelings and standing that the reported facts do not establish.

    Putin Humiliated as Drones Torch ‘Russia’s Google’ in Stunning First

    Used byThe Daily Beast (Far Left)

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  • Sensational language

    StunningMore neutral: First

    Calling the attack stunning adds drama that the facts do not require.

    Putin Humiliated as Drones Torch ‘Russia’s Google’ in Stunning First

    Used byThe Daily Beast (Far Left)

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Side by side

What each side leads with and what it leaves out. Open a side to read its headlines.

From the left

3 outlets

Leads with

  • Repeated strikes on Yandex over two days
  • Service disruption
  • Putin humiliated by the attack and the breach of air defenses

Leaves out

  • Yandex pausing operations at one data center, reported by CNBC
  • The Financial Times’s description of the strikes as retaliation

Reported by other sides, not found in this side’s coverage.

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From the center

3 outlets

Leads with

  • Yandex pausing operations at a data center
  • Ukraine as the party carrying out the strikes
  • Retaliation for attacks on Ukraine’s digital infrastructure

Leaves out

  • Bloomberg’s report of a second day of strikes
  • The Daily Beast’s description of the first major attack on a Russian data hub

Reported by other sides, not found in this side’s coverage.

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  • BBC NewsCenter

    Russian search engine Yandex struggles after Ukrainian strikes on data centres

    Often dubbed "Russia's Google", the tech firm admits customers may experience disruption to digital services due to the attacks.

    Read at BBC News (opens in a new tab)
  • Financial TimesCenter

    Ukraine strikes Russian tech giant’s data centres

    Kyiv attacks facilities of Yandex, known as ‘Russia’s Google’, in retaliation for strikes on its digital infrastructure

    Read at Financial Times (opens in a new tab)
  • CNBCCenter

    Russia's internet giant Yandex halts operations at major data center after drone attack

    Russian internet giant Yandex paused operations inside one of its data centers after a drone attack as Ukraine continues to hit the country's infrastructure.

    Read at CNBC (opens in a new tab)

From the right

0 outlets

No right-leaning outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.

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Who reported it when

How the coverage built up

  • Left

    9 hr 15 min later

    Its first report, Oct 8, 1:32 PM EDT

  • Center

    First to report

    CNBC, Oct 8, 4:17 AM EDT

  • Right

    No report yet

    From the outlets Mantle follows

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  1. CNBCCenterOct 8, 4:17 AM EDT
  2. The Daily BeastFar LeftOct 8, 1:32 PM EDT
  3. BloombergLeftOct 9, 5:33 AM EDT
  4. Financial TimesCenterOct 9, 7:55 AM EDT
  5. Al Jazeera EnglishLeftOct 9, 9:01 AM EDT
  6. BBC NewsCenterOct 9, 1:14 PM EDT

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