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Prof. Bonk 🇺🇦 Perverse & Unintended Consequences@actfast · Oct 9, 2026

🧵Russia's "Google" just got its main data center blown up because its own staff posted a video tour showing the exact…

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Russia's largest tech company Yandex had its main data center destroyed after employees accidentally revealed its location in a video tour, causing massive internet outages that Moscow tried to cover up with propaganda including a staged video of a soldier catching a drone. The incident exposed Russia's pattern of issuing false military claims and fabricated heroic narratives while suffering significant casualties and infrastructure damage.

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    🧵Russia's "Google" just got its main data center blown up because its own staff posted a video tour showing the exact building. A strike incinerated Yandex's cloud hub in Sasovo, paralyzing national web traffic while servers burned. 1/🧵

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    Yandex frantically warned clients to evacuate its cloud while state media stayed dead silent and war bloggers panicked over massive outages. Moscow refused to admit its tech backbone was on fire, even as smoke billowed across the Ryazan region. 2/

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    To cover up burning servers and lost ground, Moscow invents heroes. A Russian soldier was shown catching a suicide drone bare-handed, flipping off the camera, and tossing it out a window. Bloggers checked telemetry: it took 4 takes, and the operator sat 5 feet away. 3/

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    The staged hero covered up a ghost victory. Moscow officially declared it had captured Dobropillia. In reality, Russian troops held two mine buildings, a park, and a cultural house, while Ukrainian assault units cleared dozens of Russian positions outside the town. 4/

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    While Moscow lied, Ukraine's drone commander Madyar posted the real toll: 2,699 Russian casualties in 5 days, enough to pack a high school gym to the top bleachers. A pro-war blogger broke ranks: "Hurrah-lies only hurt... Autumn will bring unpleasant surprises." 5/

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    The theater crossed borders. For Putin's birthday, giant screens in Moscow declared: "Russia's borders end nowhere." Lithuania took it literally & deployed 100 troops to the border. From prison, ex-commander Strelkov warned that holding Kaliningrad without nukes is hopeless. 6/

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    A Riga court gave a woman 6 years in prison for sending 43 euros for a Russian drone jammer: the single best return on investment in Moscow's army this year. Across the border, armed Belarusians pushed 20 migrants into EU territory, then masked men stole the cameras. 7/

  8. #8

    The economy is running on Sopranos rules. Logistics boss Sergei Shishkarev sold his firm for 77B rubles and "volunteered" the cash to national security. German retailer Metro was so terrified of state theft that it formally begged Putin to seize its assets early. 8/

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    Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder arrived in Moscow to join retail giant Globus. Metro paid for its seat at the table with assets; Globus paid with a chancellor. Meanwhile, the EU sanctioned 77 new Duma deputies elected in territory Russia doesn't even hold. 9/

  10. #10

    Moscow claims towns by press release, invents heroes in 4 takes, and ignores burning servers. Staged telemetry can't hide 2,699 casualties or extinguish Sasovo. Wars are won in dirt and code, not video takes. The Full Report: 10/🧵 professorbonk.substack.com/p/ukraine-clea…