[New post can be found here](/r/worldnews/comments/1snq4io/rworldnews_live_thread_russian_invasion_of/)
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Snoozyalooz_2 days ago
+11
https://youtu.be/_7lucQffTow?si=3jTAFvHGe94B5Cru
Before the thread closes: "The Cossacks Rose at Dawn."
Though the song is made during Ukraine's past, the theme of a mother and father seeing their son off to war rings true for it today.
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Remarkable_Beach_5452 days ago
+15
An article that describes all of those air defense hits we've been seeing for the last month or so
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/4112595-march-massacre-of-russian-air-defenses.html
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TurbulentRadish81132 days ago
+29
> Due to Ukrainian attacks on port infrastructure in the second week of April Russian oil export fell to the lowest weekly volume they have been in almost 2 years and April can be worst month for Russian seaborne oil exports since 2023.
Good thread with graphs and data. IMO it's a complicated situation and worth reading the whole thing.
https://bsky.app/profile/delfoo.bsky.social/post/3mjmz25cig223
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jzsang2 days ago
+10
That is interesting + great news. Thank you for sharing.
If Ukraine could only get a few drones all the way over to Kozmino (it’s on the Pacific Ocean)…
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TurbulentRadish81132 days ago
+21
> Decoy of a Ukrainian Stormer HVM SAM system somewhere in the Donetsk region, which was later destroyed by a missile
A reminder that both sides use decoys. We've seen lots of exciting hits on apparent russian air defence, but some might be decoys.
https://bsky.app/profile/the-hedgehog.bsky.social/post/3mjmzwxqxac2v
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hornswoggled1112 days ago
+6
I'm guessing it's reached the point where decoys don't make a lot of sense.
The are so many drones now that they destroy every bit of transport they see. Ukraine especially, though I imagine Russia would be similar.
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TurbulentRadish81132 days ago
+3
I think decoys still make sense for air defence and long-range artillery.
Here's my argument: drone "saturation" is only a certain distance from the front. If you put out decoys 40+ km from the front, that depth isn't permanently observed yet, so it's easier to trick them. Almost all the hits I see look like FP-1/2, so likely specially assigned.
I agree that decoys closer to the front are way less likely to work out now. And maybe the range will extend.
Have you read anything recent about decoy use? It's been a while since I saw a good summary of where we're at.
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hornswoggled1112 days ago
+4
I'm pretty empty of actual knowledge about the issue. Air defense would be moving further back and requiring longer range drones to kill. But I've no idea of where we actually are with that tipping point.
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TurbulentRadish81132 days ago
+1
The tech and tactics are changing a lot, I expect my impression is either out-of-date or will be soon.
It's quite a while back since I heard that. I read something by troops working with decoys. They had a garage full of fake M777s, there were so many, and they said they'd use them!
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KentuckyLucky332 days ago
+27
The EU loan that orban was blocking
Anyone know the latest on it or how to find out how it's coming along?
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jeremy99312 days ago
+12
Will not be lifted till May when the new government takes office in Hungary. Slovakia has said they’re not going to block it as long as the pipeline gets fixed, which Ukraine has stated will be done by end of this month.
First payment will probably be by late June/early July, depending on how much planning everyone has done while waiting.
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efrique2 days ago
+11
Report yesterday was that first payments would begin this quarter. I doubt it will - theres multiple ways it could be held up, but fingers crossed
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Remarkable_Beach_5452 days ago
+38
An article about some of the upcoming military aid packages for Ukraine. A little more detail than i've seen in similar articles in the last few days.
https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/04/15/96-of-russias-record-march-casualties-were-caused-by-drones-so-the-uk-is-sending-its-biggest-package-of-the-year/
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troglydot3 days ago
+52
That list the Russians published of names and adresse of European companies supplying the Ukrainian military? Medvedev calls them legitimate military targets:
>Dmitry Medvedev, deputy head of Russia’s Security Council, commented on the ministry’s statement in a post on X, calling it “a list of potential targets for the Russian armed forces.” He added: “When strikes become a reality depends on what comes next. Sleep well, European partners!”
https://meduza . io/en/news/2026/04/15/russia-s-defense-ministry-publishes-list-of-european-drone-manufacturers-and-a-kremlin-official-calls-them-potential-military-targets
It seems likely to me that the end stage of the Russian regime will involve some level of direct military confrontation with the rest of Europe. We just have to be ready for it, and continue to arm and support Ukraine.
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findingmike2 days ago
+34
Medvedev is the crazy mouthpiece for Putin, he often threatens in an attempt to drive fear, but the things he threatens never happen. He has threatened nuclear war hundreds of times.
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Beerboy013 days ago
+34
A list of companies we should all invest in. Cheers Dima
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dwair2 days ago
+11
Ha! That was my first thought.
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TurbulentRadish81133 days ago
+42
Anders Puck Nielsen has warned repeatedly that Russia might take more aggressive actions in Europe to try and reduce aid flows to Ukraine.
That's their goal - less aid for Ukraine so Ukraine surrenders. It's why republican victories in 2022/24 were so huge. They cut funding to make more Ukrainians die, reward Putin and save Russia's war.
The sensible response to any russian escalation is to send much more to Ukraine, including long-range strike weapons that can inflict pain on russia.
The *only* thing Russia responds to is punishment. Everyone needs to look up how Ukraine successfully negotiated Russia's withdrawal from Kyiv. Or the Black Sea Grain Initiative.
These are the clear examples of how to negotiate with Russia.
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socialistrob2 days ago
+11
And yet I frequently see comments like "If Russia is so weak that they can't even win in Ukraine then they obviously will not attack a NATO member."
Unfortunately I think this sentiment goes well beyond listnook and many people are still underestimating the odds of Russian aggression. Ukraine also isn't a "weak" country by any means and in many ways Ukraine is the second most powerful European country. If European countries take their preparations seriously and rearm then I think they can deter Russia but if they just assume "Russia is weak so we don't need to worry about them" then they risk a real confrontation with Russia and there's no guarantee they do as well as Ukraine has done.
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zoobrix2 days ago
+7
I agree far to many assume Russia wouldn't dare attack a NATO country, but while it probably wouldn't be some massive invasion Russia doesn't have to take much of a Baltic state for instance and sit on it for a while to potentially cause a lot of panic in Europe.
> If European countries take their preparations seriously and rearm
I think the main problem is that they won't make the right preparations for modern drone warfare.
The US has the most powerful armed forces in the world, and as we are seeing with Iran they were not properly prepared for sustained long range missile and drone attacks. That they resorted to emptying US bases in the Middle East of most personal *after* the war started because they realized they weren't safe I hope is a wake up call to Europe that there bases are still very vulnerable even if they have a Patriot or similar system guarding them.
And then shorter range FPV drones are a whole other issue. I can't imagine the toll Russian FPV drone attacks might have on units from NATO countries that don't have the experience and tactics that Ukrainian ones do. And while NATO might have faith in its EW ability that isn't going to stop fibre optic drones. I know an infantry battle doesn't happen in isolation and NATO troops might have the advantage of high level air superiority that Russia lacks in Ukraine, but I still think the first contact between Russian and NATO units could be an extremely costly eye opener for the west of the reality of modern war.
I really hope Europe has been listening to Ukraine and is making the right investments and adopting training that will be effective in a potential conflict with Russia. Institutional momentum is huge in militaries and often they don't make the big changes they should until they've paid a large cost in lives, and sometimes not even after that.
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Shockkdiamondss2 days ago
+2
The big question is how close would the Russians get, so the short range drones could work in that area. Russian air defence is massively degraded, but how much airpower and ammo does Europe have to keep bombing approaching Russians?
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zoobrix2 days ago
+1
FPV drones are reaching as deep as 50 km or so into enemy territory in the war in Ukraine, fibre optic drones apparently as much as 30-40 km. So Russia can start attacking any forward deployed units in the Baltic states before they even cross the border.
I agree that long term air support should be a huge advantage to NATO forces in any conflict with Russia, that doesn't mean that there might not be a lot of casualties on the NATO side before that advantage can be brought to bear.
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Shockkdiamondss2 days ago
+1
Yeah 50 km is like 1/4-1/6 of Baltic States depth, so sudden drone attack would definitely inflict casualties.
Although before that there would be build up of forces near the borders and Nato could prepare the airpower. Then as we've seen in Ukrainian 2023 counteroffensive : **airpower** (Russian used the glide bombs in 2023 from far away, as the airspace in Ukraine is heavily contested) + minefields, drones, artillery and Russians would strategically gain very little.
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zoobrix1 day ago
+1
Sure any build up of Russian forces would be detected long before they could mount any kind of attack. But unless NATO decides to bomb them before they attack, which is really unlikely as then they would seem to be the aggressors, then you still have to endure an initial missile and drone wave that it is pretty certain western military forces would struggle to deal with.
I do think getting control of the skies would help swing the balance to NATO long term, but in the first few weeks Russia might inflict a lot of damage and casualties before their supply routes, air defense, bases and positions are so battered that they can't mount effective attacks. The goal of any Russian attack would be to try and make Europeans think it isn't worth the cost to keep supplying Ukraine, damaged military bases, cities hit with drones and hundreds of dead civilians and NATO soldiers would be a shock to Europe. And while I'd like to think it would only make public opinion even stronger that Russia has to be stopped you never know.
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troglydot2 days ago
+12
For sure.
I really don't see a scenario where this type of aggression would actually work in Russia's favour though. Maybe I'm in a bubble, but I'd think it would have the opposite effect.
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TurbulentRadish81132 days ago
+3
I also feel it's more likely to backfire on them. But it would put us on a far more dangerous path that I'd like to avoid.
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socialistrob2 days ago
+10
It would be a risk for sure but it's one that Russia might be willing to take if they are losing in Ukraine. In WWII Japan was losing in China and instead of just accepting the loss they decided to escalate by also attacking the British Empire and the US.
I would have understood the sentiment in 1940 if someone said "If Japan can't beat China then there's no chance they attack the US or Britain" but that line of thinking would also have been wrong. Losing in Ukraine means that Russia's goal of being a great power is permanently gone. I wouldn't assume that Putin will just accept that fate rather than take a risk to try to change it and win in Ukraine.
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Sidwill2 days ago
+8
They aren’t happening, this is bluster pure and simple.
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putin_my_ass2 days ago
+15
As frightening as those threats are, it's also heartening: they're getting desperate.
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findingmike2 days ago
+18
Yep, if Russia threatens you, it's a reason to send more aid to Ukraine, not less.
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neonpurplestar3 days ago
+42
Bluesky is having lots of issues today so link might not work, but in any case I feel it's useful to post:
>A massive fire in the area of the oil refinery and port in the Russian city of Tuapse following Ukrainian attacks this night.
[https://bsky.app/profile/specialkhersoncat.bsky.social/post/3mjmcu75ooc2p](https://bsky.app/profile/specialkhersoncat.bsky.social/post/3mjmcu75ooc2p)
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neonpurplestar3 days ago
+48
>‼️Russia: “The United States will not renew its license to sell Russian oil, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced”
[https://bsky.app/profile/prune602.bsky.social/post/3mjlgn7esck23](https://bsky.app/profile/prune602.bsky.social/post/3mjlgn7esck23)
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BPhiloSkinner3 days ago
+20
Because with the barrel-price of Brent Crude above $100US, US shale oil can be sold at a good margin. (Break-even price has been $70 for US shale oil)
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neonpurplestar3 days ago
+38
>The electronic budget system shows a 6.52 trillion ruble deficit as of 15 April 2026
[https://bsky.app/profile/prune602.bsky.social/post/3mjmce4ncd227](https://bsky.app/profile/prune602.bsky.social/post/3mjmce4ncd227)
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click-monster3 days ago
+47
Interesting blog post written from an insurance viewpoint about the 400 leased commercial aircraft that Putin "nationalised" at the start of the invasion:
>These aircraft are being flown without manufacturer support. No legitimate spare parts. No approved maintenance programmes. Russian airlines are cannibalising grounded planes for parts to keep the rest airborne. The airworthiness certificates that any Western regulator would want to see were suspended years ago.
>At some point, one of these planes is going to have a maintenance-related incident. It’s not pessimism, it’s statistics. And when it happens, the liability question will be unlike anything the market has seen. Who’s responsible for the airworthiness of a plane that was taken by government order, maintained outside every international framework, and flown on a registration that the original certifying authority doesn’t recognise?
>Nobody knows. But a ***lot*** of lawyers are going to find out.
[Underwritten Weekly: The Planes That Don’t Exist](https://underwrittenweekly.com/2026/04/08/the-planes-that-dont-exist/)
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PanneKopp3 days ago
+14
that´s why the sanctions on Belarus got liftet by Trump
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helm2 days ago
+7
Can you explain?
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count0232 days ago
+5
Funnel spare parts to Russia via Belarus
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socialistrob3 days ago
+21
> But a lot of lawyers are going to find out.
I'm not sure the outcome of that lawsuit will be satisfying for people here. The Russian airlines are already really struggling financially so even if there is a crash and the victims family sues the Russian state isn't going to force the airlines into bankruptcy just to pay the families.
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AwesomeFama3 days ago
+25
I feel like the answer is going to be more or less a fancily worded version of "tough luck" with possibly a touch of "it is what it is".
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hornswoggled1112 days ago
+12
Along with a sack of onions for the family.
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Fenris_uy3 days ago
+13
The official answer is going to be "Ukrainian sabotage"
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TurbulentRadish81133 days ago
+31
> Ukraine and the Netherlands signed a long-term defense cooperation agreement. The deal includes joint production of K4 DeepStrike and Baton strike drones to boost defense industry capabilities
The new UK funding deal also said it included strike drones, some of them supposedly long range.
https://bsky.app/profile/noelreports.com/post/3mjmmodqcgc2k
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TurbulentRadish81133 days ago
+30
> Yes, the Russians in Grishino is still suffering major losses. Some are in the tunnels, digging quickly, which is harder, but the Russians are being destroyed both in Pokrovsk and in Grishino.
I've read that the russians got artillery into south Myrnohrad and are building up there. Some defenders are in or around the very north, but risk being cut off still with battles like Hryshyne/Grishino (different translations of same town just north of Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad).
https://t . me/bahshiddemon/3282
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Nurnmurmer3 days ago
+42
**The estimated total russian war losses from 24.02.22 to 16.04.26 inclusive are as follows****:**
* personnel - approximately 1 315 070 (+1 100);
* tanks ‒ 11 866 (+2);
* armored fighting vehicles ‒ 24 391 (+1);
* special equipment ‒ 4 126 (+1);
* vehicles and fuel tanks ‒ 89 761 (+208).
* artillery systems ‒ 40 046 (+43);
* MLRS ‒ 1 738 (+2);
* air defense assets ‒ 1 347 (+1).
* aircraft ‒ 435;
* helicopters ‒ 350;
* UAVs (operational-tactical level) ‒ 240 598 (+1 357);
* cruise missiles ‒ 4 537 (+20).
* warships and boats ‒ 33;
* submarines ‒ 2.
Source [https://mod.gov.ua/en/news/total-russian-combat-losses-in-ukraine-as-of-april-16-2026](https://mod.gov.ua/en/news/total-russian-combat-losses-in-ukraine-as-of-april-16-2026)
Russia grows weaker every day. Slava Ukraini!
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Jeancey3 days ago
+11
One thing I've always wondered that you might know... is the UAV and cruise missile count including only intercepted ones? Ones hit on the ground? Does it include ones that end up hitting their targets because they are "destroyed"?
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Jeancey3 days ago
+15
Slava Ukraini!
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TurbulentRadish81133 days ago
+31
> Major General Viktor Nikoluk has been appointed as the commander of the "East" operational command
> 💪 An extremely necessary and important appointment to a key position. Finally, General Bratishko has been moved to a higher position.
...
> 🤝 Thus, the main battlefield from Sumy to Kherson will be under the responsibility of the best Ukrainian generals - Drapaty for the Operational Command of Special Operations Forces, Nikoluk for the "East" operational command, and Sidorenko for the "South" operational command. We want to believe that no one will interfere with them and 2026 can finally be called a successful year for the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
https://t . me/DeepStateUA/23415
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Remarkable_Beach_5453 days ago
+8
What?
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[deleted]3 days ago
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supertastic3 days ago
+6
Sir, this is a Wendy's
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blixt1412 days ago
Wendy's is also culpable.
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BringbackDreamBars3 days ago
+41
The Russian Ministry of Defence has produced a document listing the names and addresses of a number of foreign companies engaged in the production of drone parts and components for Ukraine.
1.3W Professional, Berlin,Germany
2. Navigation UAV, Madrid, Spain
3. KMD AVIO, Venice, Italy
4. MWFly SRL, Milan, Italy
5. Epa Power,Cressa, Italy
6. Gilardoni, Mandello de Lario, Italy (Comment: this seems to be an XRay supplier?)
7. Pos, Prague,Czechia
8.Epsite, Haifa, Israel (Comment: couldnt find this one, bad translation?)
9. Tualcom, Ankara, Turkey
10. DowAksa, Turkey
11. Fire Point, Mildenhall, UK
12. Horizon Tech, London and Leicester, UK
13: Da Vinci Aircraft and Airlogics, Munich, Germany
14. KORT, Stevring, Denmark
15. Territorial Autonomy, Riga, Lativa
16. KORT,Vilinius Lithuania
17. Destinus, Hengelo, Netherlands
18. Antonov and Ukrspetssytema, Mielec and Jarnow, Poland
19. Deviro, Prague, Czechia
Source: Russian MOD on Facebook and also /Mike\_Eckel/status/2044658664171057285
Sorry in advance for the text wall, and while this isn't an implicit threat, maybe worth going back to the list if anything does happen at these installations. Possibility not a detail, but the second half of the companies have a specific UAV system attached to them.
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versatile_dev3 days ago
+23
I'd like to add another one: https://weaponstoukraine.com/en/kampane/prusa
Prusa, Czech Republic
And donate to them out of spite.
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helm3 days ago
+27
They are worried that Russian production is increasingly under attack while European is not. Let's make that balance even worse for Russia. It's a nation in strong need of a kneecap.
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BringbackDreamBars3 days ago
+18
>They are worried that Russian production is increasingly under attack while European is not
I wouldn't be surprised if we start seeing some grey zone moves against production in Europe, maybe as we have seen before using Palestine, etc.
Then again, its Russia, so there's also a chance of this being a completely sloppy job if they do try.
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helm3 days ago
+21
> I wouldn't be surprised if we start seeing some grey zone moves against production in Europe
They are already trying. Power production has been attacked in many countries in Europe. Poland saw the largest attacks, but on from a year ago was just publicly confirmed in Sweden.
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BringbackDreamBars3 days ago
+8
Thanks for the heads up, as I have not been following power attacks as closely as drones/airspace disruption attacks.
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helm3 days ago
+10
These attacks are cyber attacks.
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BringbackDreamBars3 days ago
+8
Thank you!
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JaVelin-X-3 days ago
+35
wow .. stock tips from Russia, who would have thought
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Well-Sourced3 days ago
+55
[Explosions rock Rosneft oil refinery in southern Russia | New Voice of Ukraine](https://english.nv.ua/nation/a-series-of-explosions-rocks-russia-s-black-sea-coast-50600487.html)
> A series of explosions rocked the Black Sea coast of Russia's Krasnodar Krai amid an alleged Ukrainian drone attack on the night of April 16, Russian media reported. Russian outlets claimed Ukrainian drones targeted the Anapa, Tuapse, and Gelendzhik areas.
> Local residents reportedly heard about 10 explosions across the coast, describing bright flashes in the sky and a buzzing noise similar to "mopeds."
> The strikes hit the storage tanks of the Rosneft oil refinery in Tuapse.
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troglydot3 days ago
+35
Local authorities confirm the attack, local videos confirm the damage. The smoke cloud is visible to weather satellites.
CyberBoroshno says several tanks are burning, and infrastructure that connects the oil terminal to the port is damaged.
https://t . me/kiber_boroshno/12807?single
Refineries hit in 2026 (name | capacity (bbl/d) | Nelson Complexity Index | attack date (count))
* Afipsky refinery | 139,000 | 7.30 | Mar 13 (1)
* Ilsky refinery | 69,000 | 8.30 | Jan 1, Feb 17 (2)
* Kirishi refinery (Surgutneftegas) | 463,000 | 7.55 | Mar 26 (1)
* Kstovo refinery (Lukoil, NORSI) | 405,000 | 7.30 | Apr 5 (1)
* Novominskaya refinery (Albashneft) | 6,400 | ? | Feb 28 (1)
* Novo-Ufa refinery (Bashneft-Novoil) | 171,000 | 9.18 | Apr 2 (1)
* Saratov refinery (Rosneft) | 162,000 | 4.30 | Mar 21 (1)
* Slavyansk refinery | 93,000 | 1.00 | Jan 26 (1)
* Tuapse refinery (Rosneft) | 240,000 | 3.20 | Jan 19, **Apr 16** (2)
* Ufaneftekhim refinery (Bashneft) | 220,000 | 9.18 | Mar 22 (1)
* Ukhta refinery (LUKOIL) | 93,000 | 3.70 | Self combusted Jun 2, 2024, Mar 1 2026. 2026: 12 Feb (1)
* Volgograd refinery (LUKOIL) | 300,000 | 6.90 | Feb 11 (1)
* Yaroslavl refinery (Slavneft-YANOS) | 300,000 | 8.60 | Mar 28 (1)
Refinery hits from 2022-2025 (name | capacity (bbl/d) | Nelson Complexity Index | attack date (count))
* Afipsky refinery | 139,000 | 7.30 | 2023: May 31. 2024: May 2, Jun 20. 2025: Feb 10, Aug 7, Aug 28, Sep 26, Nov 29, Dec 13 (8)
* Antipinsky refinery (JSC Antipinsky Refinery) | 174,000 | 9.18 | 2025: Oct 6 (1)
* Ilsky refinery | 69,000 | 8.30 | 2024: Feb 9, Apr 27, Jun 21. 2025: Feb 17, Feb 28, Jul 7, Sep 7, Nov 19 (8)
* Kirishi refinery (Surgutneftegas) | 463,000 | 7.55 | 2024: Mar 13. 2025: Mar 8, Sep 14, Oct 4 (4)
* Krasnodar refinery (Krasnodarekoneft) | ? | ? | 2024: Jun 21. 2025: Aug 30 (2)
* Kuibyshev refinery (Rosneft) | 162,000 | 7.30 | 2024: Mar 16, Mar 23. 2025: Aug 28 (3)
* Makhachkala refinery (Dagnotech) | 20,500 | ? | 2025: Oct 22 (1)
* Mari refinery | 26,600 | ? | 2025: Oct 29 (1)
* Moscow refinery (Gazprom Neft) | 295,000 | 7.70 | 2024: Sep 1. 2025: Mar 11 (2)
* Nizhnekamsk II refinery (TANEKO) | 340,000 | 8.99 | 2024: Apr 02. 2025: Jan 11 (2)
* Novominskaya refinery (Albashneft) | 6,400 | ? | 2025: Feb 5 (1)
* Novokuibyshevsk refinery | 185,000 | 6.47 | 2024: Mar 16, Mar 23. 2025: Mar 10, Aug 2, Sep 20, Oct 19, Nov 15 (7)
* Novoshakhtinsk refinery | 112,000 | 1.21 | 2022: Jun 22. 2024: Mar 13, Jun 6, Jul 5, Dec 19. 2025: Aug 20, Dec 25 (6)
* Novospassky refinery (NS-Oil) | 12,300 | ? | 2025: Oct 29 (1)
* Kstovo refinery (Lukoil, NORSI) | 405,000 | 7.30 | 2024: Mar 12. 2025: Jan 28, Jul 13, Sep 16, Oct 5, Oct 16, Nov 4 (7)
* Novo-Ufa refinery (Bashneft-Novoil) | 171,000 | 9.18 | 2025: Sep 13, Oct 11 (2)
* Orsk refinery (SAFMAR) | 90,000 | ? | 2025: Oct 3, Nov 11 (2)
* Pervyy Zavod, Polotnyany Zavod, Kaluga region | 24,000 | ? | 2024: Mar 15, May 10 (2)
* Ryazan refinery (Rosneft) | 350,000 | 5.50 | 2024: Mar 13, May 1, Jul 27, Oct 26. 2025: Jan 23, Jan 25, Feb 24, Mar 9, Aug 2, Sep 5, Oct 23, Nov 15, Nov 20, Dec 5 (14)
* Salavat refinery (Gazprom) | 232,000 | 7.92 | 2024: May 9. 2025: Sep 18, Sep 24 (3)
* Saratov refinery (Rosneft) | 162,000 | 4.30 | 2024: Nov 8. 2025: Feb 11, Jul 1, Aug 10, Sep 16, Sep 20, Oct 16, Nov 3, Nov 11, Nov 14, Nov 28, self combusted Dec 24 (11)
* Slavyansk refinery | 93,000 | 1.00 | 2024: Mar 17, Apr 27, May 18. 2025: Sep 4, Dec 17 (5)
* Syzran refinery (Rosneft) | 170,000 | 7.30 | 2024: Mar 16. 2025: Feb 19, Mar 4, Aug 15, Aug 24, Aug 30, Dec 5, Dec 28 (8)
* Tuapse refinery (Rosneft) | 240,000 | 3.20 | 2024: Jan 25, May 17, Jul 22. 2025: Feb 26, Mar 14, Nov 25, Dec 30 (7)
* Ufa refinery (Bashneft-UNPZ, aka Ufimsky refinery) | 153,000 | 6.12 | 2025: Mar 3, Sep 13 (2)
* Ufaneftekhim refinery (Bashneft) | 220,000 | 9.18 | 2025: Oct 15 (1)
* Volgograd refinery (LUKOIL) | 300,000 | 6.90 | 2024: Feb 3, May 11. 2025: Jan 15, Jan 31, Feb 3, Aug 14, Aug 19, Sep 18, Nov 5 (9)
* Yaroslavl refinery (Slavneft-YANOS) | 300,000 | 8.60 | 2024: Jan 29. 2025: Self-combusted Oct 1, hit Dec 12 (2)
European side, not yet hit:
* Nizhnekamsk I refinery (TAIF) | 167,000 | 4.15
* Perm refinery (LUKOIL) | 303,000 | 9.40
Asian side refineries, not yet hit:
* Achinsk refinery (Rosneft) | 174,000 | 3.59
* Angarsk refinery (Rosneft) | 236,000 | 9.18
* Khabarovsk refinery | 115,000 | 9.90
* Komsomolsk refinery (Rosneft) | 185,000 | 9.18 | Self combusted Apr 10, 2025
* Nizhnevartovsk refinery (Rosneft) | 27,000 | 1.00
* Omsk Refinery (Gazprom Neft) | 514,000 | 8.80 | Self combusted Aug 1 and Aug 26, 2024
* Yaya Refinery (NefteKhimService) | 104,000 | 1.71
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Jeancey3 days ago
+4
My eyes kinda glaze over when I see these posts, but I'm still interested in the information. Any chance you could add a tldr to the bottom, total capacity hit, total capacity remaining?
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troglydot3 days ago
+18
When I started doing these points, I had the idea of producing numbers like that. The problem is that total capacity remaining is unknowable, unless one gets detailed damage reports from refiners, plus notifications whenever they fix the damage. None of that exists, so any numbers I could produce would be a fiction.
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hornswoggled1113 days ago
+26
The accounts are usually about a number of explosions when it used to be a few. Russia is getting hammered, and hopefully much much more than Ukraine is.
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Houtzey3 days ago
+21
It's a hell of alot nicer than when they were getting hit and couldn't hit back at all. Gotta be good for morale to see hits back, even if only a little.
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Well-Sourced3 days ago
+43
[Fire engulfs Crimean oil depot after reported drone strike | New Voice of Ukraine](https://english.nv.ua/nation/oil-depot-burns-in-occupied-crimea-following-a-series-of-explosions-50600516.html)
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An oil depot is burning in the village of Oktiabrske in the occupied Crimea's Kurmanskyi district following a suspected drone attack, The Crimean Wind monitoring channel reported on April 16, citing satellite imagery data. Crimean Wind earlier reported powerful explosions on the peninsula, the sound of drones overhead, and Russian air defense operations.
> "Satellites are recording a fire at the oil depot in the village of Oktiabrske," the monitoring group reported.
> "A plume of smoke is visible even from Simferopol."
> A fire is also burning near the TES company's oil and gas storage facility in the Bakhchysarai district.
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MrXiluescu3 days ago
+31
Moscow walks away with billions as Trump's Russian oil waiver expires
Estimates from Senate Democrats shared with the Kyiv Independent suggested Russia earned an additional $150 million per day — more than $4 billion by the time the waiver expired — due to market conditions tied to the war.
Even with the waiver, however, the policy had limited impact on oil prices.
Much of Russia's crude continues to move via shadow fleet tankers that bypass international sanctions, reducing the overall effect of the relief.
https://kyivindependent.com/moscow-walks-away-with-billions-as-trumps-russian-oil-waiver-expires/
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Flooding_Puddle3 days ago
+14
Its interesting that Russia got some economic relief but it didnt translate to any meaningful battlefield success, they are still losing more troops than they can recruit, losing tanks as fast as they can make them and has had no success in turning away Ukrainian drone strikes.
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Jeancey3 days ago
+8
The money wouldn't immediately translate into on the ground success. They'd need to use that money on more recruits, buying more materiel, etc. The impact of the waiver is more likely to be felt in a month or two, I believe, rather than already.
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TurbulentRadish81133 days ago
+12
The way I see it, money doesn't immediately change the battlefield.
It can let you fund a war for longer, and in Russia's case that money means that sometime within the next year or so there will be more weapons flying into Ukraine and killing Ukrainians.
Sure, it's not war changing, but I think every bit counts and the short term effect of this is bad.
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irrealewunsche3 days ago
+23
We're coming up to Russia's victory day parade (in just over 3 weeks), how much truth is there in the rumors that it will be cancelled?
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Jamuro3 days ago
+15
my bet is that st petersburg and smolensk will cancel, but moscow will get their parade.
moscow has more air defense than most of the front anyways and the government needs to distract people. i do wonder though how the russian lada brigades will feel about it.
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Neversetinstone3 days ago
+11
Putiny has been moving a lot of air defence to protect his bunker.
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itsFelbourne3 days ago
+11
Are we thinking they’re gonna go all out and bring out the single old t-34 again?
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Gabrovi2 days ago
+1
Wasn’t it destroyed on the front line? 😏
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Jamuro3 days ago
+8
ballistic missiles and geran drones ... aka piggiback ride on the news/imagery of the iran war.
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hornswoggled1113 days ago
+13
It would wonderful if they try to do it.
I can imagine the sound of bombs bursting in the air, making the reenactments that much more patriotic.
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Shockkdiamondss3 days ago
+15
There are not enough air defence systems in Russia for both the parade and Putin's mansion.
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Houtzey3 days ago
+27
F*** putin and f*** imperialism.
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WorldNewsMods3 days ago
+13
[Previous post can be found here](/r/worldnews/comments/1slva6f/rworldnews_live_thread_russian_invasion_of/)
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