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Russian bot farms still trolling after Ukraine's drone strikes on…

Zelenskyy said the strikes on Russian data centers made social platforms calmer, yet bot farms are still active; the claim is hard to verify.

On air: Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield on BBN Tonight
Published 8:41 PM ET, Tuesday, October 13, 2026

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First reported by The Verge: “Russian bot farms are still trolling, even after Ukraine’s drone strikes on Yandex”.
Covered on BBN on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at 8:41 PM ET on BBN Tonight, by Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield.
Topics: Yandex, Russian, Ukraine.
BBN covered this story before: The Yandex outage probably didn't blitz Russian bots (October 13).

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The VergeRussian bot farms are still trolling, even after Ukraine’s drone strikes on Yandex

Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentOn tech, days after Ukrainian drones hit several Russian data centers, President Zelenskyy said social platforms felt easier to breathe on, with less hate and fewer provocations.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentBut The Verge reports the Russian bot farms are still trolling.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo the claim is that your feed got calmer, but the bots are still posting, and nobody has shown me the proof yet.