Key Takeaways Ukrainian drone strikes on a Yandex data center coincided with A7A5 stablecoin transfers collapsing. A7A5 users reported suspended services, unpaid interest, and difficulties redeeming promissory notes as the company cited technical problems. A7A5’s trading volume has nearly vanished despite a market cap of more than $450 million. On the night of Oct. 7-8, Ukrainian drones struck a Yandex—or “Russia’s Google”—data center in Sasovo, sending shock waves across Russia. One of those shock waves hit A7A5, a Russian ruble-pegged stablecoin operating on Ethereum and Tron that was designed to evade Western sanctions. Meanwhile, another Yandex data center was struck …