Social media users, and Ukraine's president, claimed Russian bots disappeared after drone strikes on a Russian tech company.

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy says bot activity dropped after his country attacked Russian data centers.

“The ‘Russian bot takedown’ story is satisfying because people are tired of suspected manipulation,” DiResta added. “And the idea that a Ukrainian strike silenced fake accounts is a compelling story ...

Yandex bot traffic drop reflects stalled web crawling, not proof that Russian troll farms went offline. Read what the data ...