Drone attack carried out on Sberbank data center in Saratov Oblast

On the night of October 14, a drone strike was carried out on the data processing center of Sberbank located in the city of Balakovo, Saratov Oblast, Russia. According to information from the Governor of Saratov Oblast, Roman Busargin, several residential buildings were damaged as a result of the attack, and one person died. According to the head of the Balakovo municipal district, Sergey Barulin, the educational process in the city's schools and kindergartens has been suspended. 1TV+3

First Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank Alexander Vedyakhin confirms the fact of the attack, but states that all of the bank's systems and services are operating in normal mode, without interruptions. In contrast to this, information is circulating based on Russian media that after the attack, the operation of Mail.ru, VKontakte, Tochka Bank, and Sberbank was disrupted, regarding which thousands of complaints have been recorded over the last hour. Interpressnews+3

In parallel, Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin stated that from the evening of October 13 to the morning of October 14, 493 drones were launched in the direction of Moscow, most of which were neutralized by air defense forces. No information has been released regarding injuries as a result of these attacks. 1TV