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Oct 17, 2026

Darren GerdesHOST
7:58
Okay, then we get to the 14th and we saw the Starlink restrictions hit drones and that was with the second day of not getting the intelligence and then Ukraine reports that missing warning for the second day, right? Okay, so that's the 14th and then we're also seeing this.
Darren GerdesHOST
8:14
Spurbank confirms a drone attack targeted data center in Balakovo that was the previous day and it's having an effect, right? So here's the 14th, again, Russia's spur bank on online functions crashing after Ukraine's overnight strike on their main data center.
Darren GerdesHOST
8:34
So, yeah, they're going to have problems, too.
Darren GerdesHOST
8:36
I'm looking to see what other data centers will be struck.
Amy GoodmanHOST
6:23
Zelenskyy also said Ukraine would resume attacks on Russian energy sites.
Amy GoodmanHOST
6:28
Ukrainian drones later struck an oil refinery south of Moscow, while another attack targeted a data center in Balakovo belonging to Russia's largest state-controlled bank.
Amy GoodmanHOST
6:42
Elsewhere, Romanian officials say seven sailors are missing after fire broke out on a chemical tanker in Romanian territorial waters.
Amy GoodmanHOST
6:52
This follows drone attacks on at least five other cargo ships in the Black Sea that some Romanian and Bulgarian officials have linked to Russia.
Amy GoodmanHOST
6:23
Zelensky also said Ukraine would resume attacks on Russian energy sites.
Amy GoodmanHOST
6:28
Ukrainian drones later struck an oil refinery south of Moscow, while another attack targeted a data center in Balakovo, belonging to Russia's largest state-controlled bank.
Amy GoodmanHOST
6:42
Elsewhere, Romanian officials say seven sailors are missing after fire broke out on a chemical tanker in Romanian territorial waters.
Amy GoodmanHOST
6:51
This follows drone attacks on at least five other cargo ships in the Black Sea that some Romanian and Bulgarian officials have linked to Russia.
Amy GoodmanHOST
6:23
Zelenskyy also said Ukraine would resume attacks on Russian energy sites.
Amy GoodmanHOST
6:28
Ukrainian drones later struck an oil refinery south of Moscow, while another attack targeted a data center in Balakovo belonging to Russia's largest state-controlled bank.
Amy GoodmanHOST
6:42
Elsewhere, Romanian officials say seven sailors are missing after fire broke out on a chemical tanker in Romanian territorial waters.
Amy GoodmanHOST
6:52
This follows drone attacks on at least five other cargo ships in the Black Sea that some Romanian and Bulgarian officials have linked to Russia.
Juan GonzálezHOST
5:41
Zelenski también dijo que Ucrania reanudará los ataques contra instalaciones energéticas rusas.
Juan GonzálezHOST
5:46
Posteriormente, drones ucranianos impactaron en una refinería de petróleo situada al sur de Moscú, mientras que otro ataque tuvo como objetivo un centro de datos en la ciudad de Balakovo, que es propiedad del banco estatal Vneshekon...
Juan GonzálezHOST
6:00
Más grande de Rusia.
Juan GonzálezHOST
6:01
Las autoridades rumanas afirman que siete marineros permanecen desaparecidos después de que se produjera un incendio a bordo de un quimiquero en aguas territoriales rumanas.
Amy GoodmanHOST
6:23
Zelenskyy also said Ukraine would resume attacks on Russian energy sites.
Amy GoodmanHOST
6:28
Ukrainian drones later struck an oil refinery south of Moscow, while another attack targeted a data center in Balakovo belonging to Russia's largest state-controlled bank.
Amy GoodmanHOST
6:42
Elsewhere, Romanian officials say seven sailors are missing after fire broke out on a chemical tanker in Romanian territorial waters.
Amy GoodmanHOST
6:52
This follows drone attacks on at least five other cargo ships in the Black Sea that some Romanian and Bulgarian officials have linked to Russia.
Amy GoodmanHOST
6:20
Zelensky also said Ukraine would resume attacks on Russian energy sites.
Amy GoodmanHOST
6:26
Ukrainian drones later struck an oil refinery south of Moscow, while another attack targeted a data center in Balakovo, belonging to Russia's largest state-controlled bank.
Amy GoodmanHOST
6:39
Elsewhere, Romanian officials say seven sailors are missing after fire broke out on a chemical tanker in Romanian territorial waters.
Amy GoodmanHOST
6:49
This follows drone attacks on at least five other cargo ships in the Black Sea that some Romanian and Bulgarian officials have linked to Russia.
GerdesHOST
10:50
So it's tit for tat, and that was somewhat expected.
GerdesHOST
10:54
Meanwhile, inside Russia itself, Sber, uh, Sberbank, uh, confirms that a drone attack targeted a data center in Balakovo.
GerdesHOST
11:03
And so this data center thing, I think it's taken on some life.
GerdesHOST
11:06
Here we've now seen it spread out beyond just Yandex into other data centers.
Peter LawrenceHOST
5:22
And I did a tweet.
Peter LawrenceHOST
5:25
to Elon Musk today and included the Starlink at, I also added a Starlink about, hey, has Elon Musk suddenly withdrawn aid with Starlink for Ukraine under the direction of Donald Trump? Because Donald Trump's really pissed off about Ukraine hitting energy infrastructure in Russia because he blames, he blames that on higher diesel prices when we all know it's because of Iran, right? A fire broke out in Russia's industrial city of Balakovo following reports of Ukrainian drone strikes.
Peter LawrenceHOST
6:13
Footage shows an explosion and subsequent fire after a reported drone strike near a large metallurgical plant in Balakovo, located in the Saratov region.
Peter LawrenceHOST
6:22
The region experienced widespread power outages as a result of the attack.
Peter LawrenceHOST
6:27
Balakovo, a city in the east bank of the Volga River, is home to a large steel mill.
Peter LawrenceHOST
6:31
With a stated capacity of over 1 million tons per year, it was not immediately clear as to whether the plant was damaged in the attack.
Peter LawrenceHOST
6:39
Elsewhere in Russia, a fire at an oil loading terminal in Rostov-on-Don was reported to be burning for a fourth day following drone strikes on October 10th.
Peter LawrenceHOST
6:53
A Ukrainian overnight attack targeted a data center under construction belonging to Russian state leader Sberbank and Balakovo in Saratov Oblast.

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BalVoi:60 | Hourly News Briefing | October 14, 2026 • 11:00 AM EDT

Oct 14 · 3 Mentions

speaker_0UNKNOWN
3:47
Ukrainian drones have struck Russia's largest data center in what appears to be a targeting of AI infrastructure.
speaker_0UNKNOWN
3:54
Drone strikes attributed to Ukraine have hit what is described as Russia's largest data center, a spur bank facility in Balakovo.
speaker_0UNKNOWN
4:02
as part of a broader pattern of attacks that analysts say appear directed at infrastructure underpinning Russia's efforts to advance domestic artificial intelligence to a level comparable with developments in the United States and China.
speaker_0UNKNOWN
4:14
The strike on the Balakovo site followed three separate incidents involving data centres linked to the Russian technology company Yandex over the preceding week, with a Spurbank spokesperson confirming the facility had been targeted.
speaker_0UNKNOWN
4:27
Spurbank first deputy chief executive Vedjakin told reporters that every platform and service the bank runs had continued to function without interruption.
speaker_0UNKNOWN
4:36
Neither Yandex nor Spurbank has addressed whether high-performance computing hardware used to train their artificial intelligence systems sustained any damage.
speaker_0UNKNOWN
6:58
Military blogger Alexander Kotz echoed that view, arguing it illustrated what asset owners could do to harden their operations.
speaker_0UNKNOWN
7:06
A decree signed by Putin in August gave the state authority to assume administrative control of facilities deemed insufficiently protected.

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