/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1507, Part 1 (Thread #1654)

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Crazy to think that the Starlink shutdown, of all possible things, could be the turning point in the war. Logistics (and communication) wins wars apparently.

https://youtu.be/nY2nmg4tsXA?si=PqzTGopin2z_XQYD To, once more, close out the night: "Oh, the Cossack did Drink, [and] got Drunk." Lyric translations can be found in comments and by copy/pasting the title into Google. I know that Ukraine has sent a personnel of 200(?) to the Middle East for drone intercepting along with whatever covert intel they have working within Russia/the occupied regions, but are there any other areas where they are at besides the ones listed?

[24Hours Ukraine | BlueSky](https://bsky.app/profile/24hoursukraine.bsky.social/post/3mjaijethcc2w) > 🇺🇦Our heroes are back home! [🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 | BlueSky](https://bsky.app/profile/militarynewsua.bsky.social/post/3mja34pyw3s24) > ❤️‍🩹 Emotional footage. The first calls from Ukrainian soldiers to their families after captivity — and the tears that are impossible to hold back. [🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 | BlueSky](https://bsky.app/profile/specialkhersoncat.bsky.social/post/3mja4gyf7vc2m) > 🇺🇦 182 Ukrainians returned home from Russian captivity! > 175 servicemen, as well as 7 civilians which were held in captivity by Russians since 2022, from the early days of the invasion.

[Baba Yaga Fèlla‬ | BlueSky](https://bsky.app/profile/babayagafella.bsky.social/post/3mjakcn2bt22c) > Four out of four large RVS-20000 tanks at the Tinguita pumping station were damaged tonight! > 1 - significantly damaged, burning. > 2 - likely completely destroyed. > 3, 4 - damaged. > This pumping station serves as a buffer + flow stabilizer. The downside is a significant loss of capacity + unstable operation of the entire export line to Novorossiysk!

Is this the first ceasefire since the beginning of the war? It could be a good sign of it is?

[Sirchenko Steps Down as Commander of 11th Army Corps | Militaryland](https://militaryland.net/news/sirchenko-steps-down-as-commander-of-11th-army-corps/) > Brigadier General Serhiy Sirchenko is stepping down as commander of the 11th Army Corps of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. > “I was not an ideal commander. There are no ideals in war. At times I applied pressure. I made mistakes. I remained silent when I should have spoken. But I know one thing for certain: I never stood behind you—I stood beside you,” Sirchenko said in a farewell statement. > According to sources cited by Hromadske, Sirchenko is expected to be replaced by Brigadier General Olesiy Maistrenko, who currently commands the 169th Training Center. Maistrenko previously led the 54th Mechanized Brigade and the Soledar Tactical Group. > Sirchenko came under increased scrutiny from higher command following the loss of Siversk in 2025. The setback led to the dismissal of Colonel Oleksiy Konoval, commander of the 54th Mechanized Brigade, and Colonel Volodymyr Potyeshkin of the 10th Mountain Assault Brigade. > The Operational Task Force East, under which the 11th Army Corps operates, subsequently removed the corps from direct responsibility for managing the situation around Siversk. In its place, a separate formation—the Soledar Tactical Group—was established under Maistrenko’s command. This effectively sidelined the 11th Army Corps, leaving Sirchenko’s future uncertain. > Following Maistrenko’s expected appointment to lead the 11th Army Corps, it is likely that the temporary Soledar Tactical Group will be disbanded as command structures are consolidated.

> Once again, the enemy has violated the norms and rules of warfare — 4 Ukrainian prisoners of war were shot near Veterinary in Kharkiv region > 🇷🇺 Another video has been received by the editorial office. The Russians entered the positions through neighbors. Unfortunately, after the capture of 4 servicemen from one of the mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, they were shot by the Russians. https://t . me/DeepStateUA/23393

Sorry u/unpancho, I know you normally post the chriso threads but I thought the cease fire(ish) is a good opportunity to explore this: > 1/ Russia's ongoing budget crisis, caused by the war in Ukraine, has caused government funding of science to fall to its lowest level since the chaotic mid-1990s > 2/ The National Research University's Higher School of Economics (HSE) has published its annual 'Science Indicators' yearbook. It shows that domestic expenditure on research and development in Russia has fallen to 0.97% of GDP, its lowest level since 1996. > 3/ This is lower than the R&D funding levels of Malaysia (1.01% of GDP), Egypt (1.03%), and Lithuania (1.05%). It is also far lower than the levels of Israel, which ranks first in the world in terms of R&D funding (6.35% of GDP), South Korea (4.96%), and Taiwan (3.97%). Most developed countries are in the 2.5-3.5% of GDP range. https://bsky.app/profile/chriso-wiki.bsky.social/post/3mjajb36la22s

> Ukrainian sources are telling us that it is largely quiet in most places after the Easter truce, but in the eastern direction there are still many places where battles are ongoing. No full truce in place. This felt similar to previous "cease fire" type things. Less action, but not a full truce. https://bsky.app/profile/noelreports.com/post/3mjaaxj7aic2q Soon after; > An air raid alert was declared in part of Ukraine’s Sumy region. An alert was also declared in Russia’s Kursk region. https://bsky.app/profile/wartranslated.bsky.social/post/3mjab566gts2j

New threads from ChrisO\_Wiki 1/ A very interesting interview with Donbas separatist Pavel Gubarev is being interpreted by Russian warbloggers as a move by 'angry patriots' to lay the ground for a coup in Russia. They see a potential replay of the 1918 overthrow of Tsar Nicholas II. ⬇️ [https://bsky.app/profile/chriso-wiki.bsky.social/post/3mj7hsnesq72s](https://bsky.app/profile/chriso-wiki.bsky.social/post/3mj7hsnesq72s) [https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/2042889752706269630.html](https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/2042889752706269630.html) 1/ Russia is proclaiming success in its ongoing recruitment drive, but this is being achieved by scraping the bottom of the barrel. A newly-published video shows the abysmal quality of the current recruits: old, disabled, and homeless men, with only two fingers between them. ⬇️ [https://bsky.app/profile/chriso-wiki.bsky.social/post/3mj63oszosd2s](https://bsky.app/profile/chriso-wiki.bsky.social/post/3mj63oszosd2s) [https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/2042683586202009830.html](https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/2042683586202009830.html)

**The estimated total russian war losses from 24.02.22 to 11.04.26 inclusive are as follows****:** * personnel - approximately 1 310 110 **(+1 440)**; * tanks ‒ 11 851 (+3); * armored fighting vehicles ‒ 24 381 (+6); * special equipment ‒ 4 121 (+2); * vehicles and fuel tanks ‒ 88 698 (+183). * artillery systems ‒ 39 798 (+64); * MLRS ‒ 1 726 (+2); * air defense assets ‒ 1 344 (+3). * aircraft ‒ 435; * helicopters ‒ 350; * UAVs (operational-tactical level) ‒ 231 785 (+2 014); * cruise missiles ‒ 4 517. * warships and boats ‒ 33; * submarines ‒ 2. Source [https://mod.gov.ua/en/news/total-russian-combat-losses-in-ukraine-as-of-april-11-2026](https://mod.gov.ua/en/news/total-russian-combat-losses-in-ukraine-as-of-april-11-2026) Russia grows weaker every day. Slava Ukraini!

A recap of this week for viktor orban: >"Putin's mouse": leaked phone call reveals lengths Orbán was willing to go to help Russia – Bloomberg [https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/04/07/8029092/](https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/04/07/8029092/) >Viktor Orbán told Putin ‘I am at your service’ in October phone call [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/07/viktor-orban-told-putin-i-am-at-your-service-in-october-phonecall](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/07/viktor-orban-told-putin-i-am-at-your-service-in-october-phonecall) >Hungarian minister offered to send Russia EU document in leaked audio [https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/hungarian-minister-offered-send-russia-eu-document-leaked-audio-2026-04-08/](https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/hungarian-minister-offered-send-russia-eu-document-leaked-audio-2026-04-08/) >Report: Hungary offered intel to Iran after Hezbollah pager attack [https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sjsjvzv3zx](https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sjsjvzv3zx)

>Anti-Orban concert in Hungary with the audience chanting “Russians, go home” [https://bsky.app/profile/onestpress.onestnetwork.com/post/3mj6rzlvk322q](https://bsky.app/profile/onestpress.onestnetwork.com/post/3mj6rzlvk322q) >This is the massive turnout for last night’s “anti regime” concert in Heroes Square, Budapest, ahead of tomorrow’s crucial Hungarian elections. Tens of thousands chanted “Russians go home”. [https://bsky.app/profile/chadbourn.bsky.social/post/3mj7oykbvbk2c](https://bsky.app/profile/chadbourn.bsky.social/post/3mj7oykbvbk2c) >I got a little carried away watching on YouTube, some of the last minutes of the anti-Orbán concert in Budapest. Quite inspiring, and Hungary's most famous voice, opera star Botond Ódor brought the curtain down. Earlier photos in my thread from: 444hu [https://bsky.app/profile/twmcltd.bsky.social/post/3mj6ce7tup226](https://bsky.app/profile/twmcltd.bsky.social/post/3mj6ce7tup226)

> Russia deployed up to 65 transport vehicles daily toward the Huliaipole direction in Zaporizhzhia, alongside at least 50 armored vehicles, indicating a sustained buildup of forces on the axis These claims have been going on for quite a while now. The movement of armour makes me think they're building up an offensive force. https://bsky.app/profile/noelreports.com/post/3mj7ttx4uok2q

POW swap happened this weekend. Many of the POWs had been in Russian captivity since 2022 https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-brings-home/

russia has already broken the ceasefire, UA channels report multiple drone attacks in Donbas region, as well as artillery strikes in Kharkiv region

some good news via Paul Krugman's latest video on youtube > not going well for Russia. It is if anything tilting uh increasingly in Ukraine's favor. > Um now what's interesting about that? Why is that relevant? Um Trump is basically on the side of Putin. Um he's been unwilling, probably unable to just openly support Russia, but has effectively pulled all aid from Ukraine. There's essentially no money, no military air, no economic aid flowing from the US to Ukraine anymore. > It's all on the Europeans now. And uh there's been a crimping of the supply. The Europeans have still been buying some US weapons and transferring them onto Ukraine, but that's been uh largely choked off. And I think the assumption was that this would, you know, that Ukraine would be in grave danger, would perhaps collapse without American support. > Not happening. What's actually happening is that Ukraine appears to be gaining the upper hand in the drone war, which is what this war is mostly about. > Um and Ukraine's success in adapting to modern warfare has been so great that now uh it looks like there are significant number of uh Ukrainian drones and to some extent maybe personnel already deployed in the Middle East uh and that the Middle Eastern nations other than Iran are uh quickly moving to strike deals with Ukraine to buy Ukrainian equiment. > It's kind of like, well, if you need help and Iran is still a menace, which it is. Um, don't count on the Americans, but maybe Ukraine knows how to do these things.

> In mid-March, the head of Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN), Arkady Gostev, announced that the agency was experiencing a severe staffing shortage. Earlier, his deputy Alexander Rogozin had stated that the nationwide shortfall averaged 37%, while in some regions, the shortage of junior and mid-level personnel approached 70%. Novaya Gazeta Europe reports on how this lack of staff is affecting prisoners and the Russian penal system as a whole. > Since the Russian Defence Ministry began actively recruiting prisoners for the war in Ukraine, the country’s prison population has sharply declined. According to official statistics, there were 433,000 people held in detention facilities at the beginning of 2023; by 1 January 2025, that number had fallen to 313,000. > Despite this decrease in the number of inmates, the FSIN’s staffing shortage continues to grow. https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2026/04/10/mannequins-in-the-watchtowers-en

I wasn't aware there is an Easter ceasefire in place?

Russia has lost 1,440 soldiers killed and wounded, 64 artillery systems and 183 vehicles and fuel tankers over the past day. **Source:** [Russian losses over past day: 1,440 soldiers killed and wounded | Ukrainska Pravda](https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/04/11/8029719/) **Details:** The total combat losses of the Russian forces between 24 February 2022 and 11 April 2026 are estimated to be as follows \[figures in parentheses represent the latest losses – ed.\]: * approximately 1,310,110 **(+1,440)** military personnel * 11,851 **(+3)** tanks * 24,381 **(+6)** armoured combat vehicles * 39,798 **(+64)** artillery systems * 1,726 **(+2)** multiple-launch rocket systems * 1,344 **(+3)** air defence systems * 435 (+0) fixed-wing aircraft * 350 (+0) helicopters * 231,785 **(+2,014)** operational-tactical UAVs * 4,517 (+0) cruise missiles * 33 (+0) ships/boats * 2 (+0) submarines * 88,698 **(+183)** vehicles and fuel tankers * 4,121 **(+2)** special vehicles and other equipment. The information is being confirmed.

Early news on potential overnight attacks. > A linear production and dispatch station (LPDS) in Krymskaya, part of Russia's Transneft oil pipeline system, was reportedly attacked again last night. https://bsky.app/profile/noelreports.com/post/3mj74qox4x22q > Heavy explosions happening in Tver, Russia. This footage shows something being hit what was already burning. https://bsky.app/profile/tendar.bsky.social/post/3mj6nncobd226 > Ukraine downs 133 of 160 drones launched overnight from Russia and occupied areas, including around 100 Shahed UAVs; 20 impacts recorded at 10 locations, debris fell at 11 sites, with drones still active in the airspace https://bsky.app/profile/noelreports.com/post/3mj74naemjk2q

I think this is worth reposting to the new thread. > Prominent russian milbloger Romanov confirms my expectation: The russian says: > ...the production of missiles in Russia has been reduced. Many defense orders are being cut. The reason is simple - budget cuts. https://bsky.app/profile/honzastropek.bsky.social/post/3mj6dgqia5s24

F*** Putin

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