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Ukrainian strikes reportedly silenced Russian bot traffic, commentator tests claim

Original: I'm testing the Russian bots, because traffic from Yandex bots is currently close to zero (check Cloudflare Radar). That

Romanian commentator Radu Hossu says Yandex crawler traffic has fallen to near zero, citing Cloudflare Radar data, and claims this is because Ukraine has disabled the servers hosting them — quote, 'by firepower'. He says he is now testing whether bot activity is really gone by posting statements that should generate reactions if automated accounts are still operating. The claim has drawn wide engagement online.

Why now: People are discussing the striking claim that Ukrainian military action, not regulation, took Yandex's crawler infrastructure offline.

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• I'm testing the Russian bots, because traffic from Yandex bots is currently close to zero (check Cloudflare Radar). That's because Ukraine has imposed a ban on them — by firepower. So I'm going to say the following things, which will most likely generate organic, authentic, · RaduHossu · 17.5K

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