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Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:45:06 GMT
Subject: Did Ukraine's strikes on Yandex servers take out Russian bots?
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He is speaking and gesturing at a podium that reads "Troy Jackson for Maine." " height="auto" width="628" style="display:block;width:100%;" border="0"/></a></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td id="did-ad-targeting-troy-jackson-maine" class="dd" align="left" valign="top" style="color:#000000;font-weight:400;padding:0px 24px;text-align:left;"><h2 style="color:#000000;font-weight:400;mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;">Did ad targeting Troy Jackson — Maine Sen. Susan Collins' opponent — run in wrong state?</h2></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 24px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> "I've gotten 5 anti-Troy Jackson ads in the last 24 hours," one post claimed. "I choose to believe they mixed up Portlands." </p></td></tr><tr class="btn_row"><td valign="top" style="padding-bottom:14px;padding-left:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-top:14px;text-align:center;width:100%;word-break:break-word;" class="dd"><table width="100%" role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:14px auto 14px auto;"><tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td style="background-color:#000000;border-radius:8px;mso-padding-alt:14px 20px;text-align:center;" class="btn"><a href="https://elink378.snopes.com/v2/c/50fc61fc4e2dbe6f0768122c05ede8657b22fa2c515b2d8824a04c9f460815180ac810d5d2e66c438cc36e7d30de72fbc80a7b947f61f63a76496c0c51cad252925ce1bf33276576000ca9013c432981b969dee05770e6c262c220bf44d0beaa2685f62c41122a1d89c1615fd9effa616c20e5eaec7e6d322792d5fe5fddb9c6f42aeae83b661daf808d05306d9d49578c53540029b35290169a16a9bbd42b4e06bef5677c7435f4955aa6d5315a3ce712c083f9ee3cdcd3389c2cb09db94bce18aa1645cde0f7150ec496d988025683f6de11345a6e981b30bef3e2006a4c36/29fc4ac9f326ad6d" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" style="background-color:#000000;border-radius:8px;color:#FFFFFF;display:inline-block;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:normal;line-height:18px;padding:14px 20px;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;"> Read More </a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="font-size:0px;line-height:0px;padding:30px 0px 30px;" class="dd"><table class="j" role="none" width="95%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td> </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:20px; 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# Snopes Debunker
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## Did Ukraine's strikes on Yandex servers take out Russian bots?
After Ukrainian drone strikes damaged technology giant Yandex’s servers, people claimed the attacks knocked out Russian bot farms spreading “fake news.”
Is there any proof? Reporter Laerke Christensen investigated.
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## Is your ballot disqualified if poll workers mark it?
To find the truth, we spoke to several election officials.
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## Ilhan Omar: 18 rumors we've examined
As news broke that federal agents searched Omar's home, we took a look back at the rumors we've analyzed about the Minnesota Democrat.
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# Fast Facts
* We recently investigated a rumor that 163 Democrats used the same Oklahoma address to vote for Biden in 2020.
* After we published our article, an Oklahoma State Election Board spokesperson provided credible information proving the claim is false.
* Citing electronic records, the spokesperson said the one voter at the address was registered as a Republican and didn't vote in the 2020 election.
* [Read the full story here](https://www.snopes.com/news/2026/10/11/oklahoma-house-2020-election-biden/).
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## Did ad targeting Troy Jackson — Maine Sen. Susan Collins' opponent — run in wrong state?
"I've gotten 5 anti-Troy Jackson ads in the last 24 hours," one post claimed. "I choose to believe they mixed up Portlands."
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## Did Georgia remove candidates' party affiliations from ballots?
Concerned social media users warned voters to bring sample ballots to the polls to avoid voting for candidates on name recognition alone.
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## Staff pick
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## Did DHS waive New Mexico water laws to access wells for border wall construction?
People claimed the Department of Homeland Security waived New Mexico water laws so the federal government could keep accessing the state's water wells while constructing its border wall.
Is the claim true? Reporter Joey Esposito contacted the DHS, among other steps, to find out.
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