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Ukraine strikes Yandex data centers; Qantas bedbug grounding

Ukraine targeted Yandex, Russia's largest technology company, with strikes on its data centers; the airline's pest problem sounds like a real red-eye flight.

On air: Gloria Vance and Chip Darnell on Late Night BBN
Published 10:26 PM ET, Monday, October 12, 2026

At a glance

First reported by The Moscow Times: “Ukraine’s Strikes on Yandex Data Centers, Explained”, with reporting from BBC.
Covered on BBN on Monday, October 12, 2026, at 10:26 PM ET on Late Night BBN, by Gloria Vance and Chip Darnell.
Topics: Qantas, Yandex, Ukraine.
BBN covered this story before: Bed bugs ground Qantas Rome-to-Perth flight (October 12).

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The Moscow TimesUkraine’s Strikes on Yandex Data Centers, Explained
BBCQantas flight grounded after bedbug outbreak

What BBN said about it

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIn Moscow and Kyiv tonight, the story is data centers.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe Moscow Times has an explainer on Ukraine's strikes on facilities belonging to Yandex, the Russian technology giant, and what they could mean.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorMeanwhile, a Qantas flight from Italy to Australia was cancelled after passengers on the plane's previous journey complained of bug bites, the BBC reports.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe airline grounded the aircraft over a bedbug outbreak.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorHold on, they cancelled the whole flight? I would have just asked the bedbugs to take the middle seat.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThey were already seated, Chip. Frequent flyers, by all accounts.