[New post can be found here](/r/worldnews/comments/1sv1nhy/rworldnews_live_thread_russian_invasion_of/)
1
Few_Skill974018 hr ago
-11
Do you think its possible that russia will attach romania or poland in the coming days? I’m not necessarily thinking of a full-scale attack, just something like one or two “accidentally” crossing missiles to test the reaction.
-11
socialistrob18 hr ago
+8
Coming days? Probably not. It is possible that they try something over the next couple years if the fighting in Ukraine continues to deteriorate for Russia and they feel like they need to increase pressure on Europe to stop arming Ukraine.
8
indypuyami18 hr ago
+5
RU has been doing black ops including but not limited to: incendiary attacks against commercial and military targets, cyber attacks, targeted assassination, black mail and recruitment of children for explosive delivery, targeted sabotage of electrical and Internet systems.
This has been going on for the last 3 years across Europe and the US. Which includes Poland
5
socialistrob16 hr ago
+3
I'm aware. I'm talking more about an actual attack on weapons headed to Ukraine or something else that is above the current grey zone threshold we're seeing.
3
vshark2918 hr ago
+8
Poland is too tough a nut to crack, while Romania doesn't seem to be high in their priority list. Any Russian attack on Europe will be the Baltics and maybe even Finland, if they're crazy enough
8
TurbulentRadish811319 hr ago
+17
> The best video of the war. A Fischbrötchen, a howitzer, and a stash of washing machines and refrigerators.
I'm always impressed by the drone pilot skills.
https://bsky.app/profile/andrewperpetua.bsky.social/post/3mkbri554ec2r
17
swazal20 hr ago
+17
[PBS goes to Chornobyl](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/inside-chernobyl-40-years-after-the-worlds-worst-nuclear-disaster)
17
Well-Sourced20 hr ago
+36
[Anton Gerashchenko | BlueSky](https://bsky.app/profile/antongerashchenko.bsky.social/post/3mkbd3lewh22g)
> Ukrainian Defender Andrii Lysakov has been missing for 745 days, since April 2024.
> His mom, Mrs Larysa, kept going to rallies, demonstrations, fought for her son's return. Today, Andrii finally returned to his mom.
36
Well-Sourced20 hr ago
+25
[Kate from Kharkiv | BlueSky](https://bsky.app/profile/kateinkharkiv.bsky.social/post/3mkbgdqp5rs2k)
> Massive fire in occupied Luhansk after a drone attack 🔥👀
25
TurbulentRadish811320 hr ago
+10
Sadly, a nasty fire in Dnipro already. Shahed trackers say drones look like going towards Kyiv and Odesa Oblasts atm.
Fire video, claimed to be Dnipro:
https://bsky.app/profile/the-hedgehog.bsky.social/post/3mkbp7jnckc2g
10
TurbulentRadish811321 hr ago
+25
Both sides launching hefty-looking air attacks tonight. Map of claimed Ukrainian drone paths is linked.
> Updated map of the drones attacking Russia and Crimea “🇺🇦00:20 | 25/04 Approximate flight routes of our aircraft: 🔴Red arrow - strike UAVs; 🔵Blue arrow - jet UAVs; 🟢Green arrow - cruise missiles;
> According to Russian sources, about 250 drones, 3 jet UAVs and 2 cruise missiles were declared…
https://bsky.app/profile/the-hedgehog.bsky.social/post/3mkbi5xewkc2q
25
neonpurplestar23 hr ago
+32
>MOSCOW, April 24 (Reuters) - Under IFRS, developer Samolet posted a net loss of 2.3 billion rubles for 2025, compared to a profit of 8.2 billion rubles in 2024, the company reported. At the beginning of the year, amid an increased debt burden and high interest rates, Samolet sought government support, but it was denied. The company's largest creditors, Sberbank and VTB, publicly stated their willingness to help the company with debt servicing.
[https://archive.is/3sFnB](https://archive.is/3sFnB)
32
neonpurplestar23 hr ago
+41
Initially I thought it might not be that useful to post this here. In any case, if somebody is interested about this happening in russia:
>Tax increases for small businesses have led to a more than 20% drop in budget revenues.
[https://archive.is/Ui76l](https://archive.is/Ui76l)
41
neonpurplestar23 hr ago
+38
>The electronic budget system shows a 7.22 trillion ruble deficit as of 22 April 2026
[https://bsky.app/profile/prune602.bsky.social/post/3mkbcimvmbc27](https://bsky.app/profile/prune602.bsky.social/post/3mkbcimvmbc27)
38
TurbulentRadish81131 day ago
+55
Good news.
> Today, 193 defenders returned to Ukraine as part of a prisoner exchange.
https://bsky.app/profile/wartranslated.bsky.social/post/3mkb4resr4k2c
55
BringbackDreamBars1 day ago
+27
Russian website Kosomolskaya Pravda runs a story from a so called "IT expert" warning that smartphone VPN's can generate enough processing load on a smartphone to cause it to explode.
Source:
Kosomolskaya Pravda website (RU links not allowed on listnook)
27
Jamuro23 hr ago
+19
damn i didn't know russian smartphones are made by Uralvagonzavod. must be an autoloader behind that audio jack.
19
sweetno23 hr ago
+13
So this is how Israel blew up those pagers!
13
jdorje1 day ago
+23
It's a collection of words, for sure.
I assume the point is "you shouldn't use a VPN, it's not safe! Trust papa Putin with your data instead!" ?
23
neonpurplestar1 day ago
+56
the not so limitless friendship:
>The Kremlin has abandoned hopes of launching a new gas pipeline to China by the end of the decade.
[https://archive.is/Zi2ez](https://archive.is/Zi2ez)
56
Cold_Specialist_365617 hr ago
+4
China doesn't plan on using much foreign oil beyond 2030.
Over half their new vehicles are EV's. And they produce enough solar panels to power the entire country in 2 years.
They also use a TON of coal. Not because they like it. They have a domestic supply and value energy independence.
4
TurbulentRadish81131 day ago
+22
Nice find!
> Putin and Xi never agreed on the gas price ... China proposed the domestic Russian level — about $60, four times lower than the current price, which already includes a 40 percent d******* ($258 per thousand cubic meters).
> According to Reuters, there also weren't agreements on investment terms and timing. «Gazprom» does not expect «Power of Siberia-2» to reach planned volumes before 2034-35 if supplies start in 2031, agency sources said.
22
investigative_mind1 day ago
+25
It seems more and more that Russia is cooked. Based on the videos about the quality of their army/meat waves it's getting worse, Ukrainian hits on their oil refineries.. It's hard to see how they could survive from this if it doesn't drastically change.
25
Hodaka1 day ago
+20
The key to all of this is Vladimir Putin consistently doubling down every chance he gets. The bottom line is that if Putin is unwilling to accept the current reality on the ground in Ukraine, then no one else is allowed to as well. Openly citing facts and statistics is on par with questioning "Putin's wisdom" at this point, and likely a chargeable offense.
As a strategy, doubling down is supposed to give the impression that a person has other valuable cards to play. The enemy of this is time. After four years, if Putin had some sort of hidden options, he would have used them by now.
20
gonzaled1 day ago
+13
Except it's not a strategy, it's high stakes gambling. Until Ukraine nobody realized that he's a gambler and he did it all this time while in power.
"Doubling down" is the kind of action somebody deep in debt does thinking "Oh I'll win the j****** this time, you'll see!" while pawning grandma's jewels or in this case his gold reserves.
Too bad for him though, luck runs out since not even the boon Trump has handed out to him can be fully exploited by his thugs.
13
investigative_mind12 hr ago
+1
I haven't thought about it as a gambler who's deep im debt. That makes sense very much. A gambler who's in debt with the power to kill people amd refuses to believe when someone says he's losing.
1
hornswoggled1111 day ago
+16
I'll go out on a limb here and say that we are going to see reduced demand for oil and gas. Electrification is ramping up which is why China shrugged off this proposal by Russia.
I doubt Russia will ever have anyone redevelop their oil and gas empire due to this transition.
16
CirnoWhiterock20 hr ago
+6
There is a reason the Gulf Arab states are desperately investing into everything they can. Sports, Video Games, Tourism, ect.
The developed world should hopefully be electrified enough by the 2030s that the petrol states won't be able to just use oil to fund thier entire nation.
6
Nurnmurmer1 day ago
+56
**The estimated total russian war losses from 24.02.22 to 24.04.26 inclusive are as follows****:**
* personnel - approximately 1 323 460 (+910);
* tanks ‒ 11 892 (+4);
* armored fighting vehicles ‒ 24 445 (+4);
* special equipment ‒ 4 134;
* vehicles and fuel tanks ‒ 91 256 (+129).
* artillery systems ‒ 40 606 (+32);
* MLRS ‒ 1 753 (+1);
* air defense assets ‒ 1 353 (+2).
* aircraft ‒ 435;
* helicopters ‒ 350;
* UAVs (operational-tactical level) ‒ 254 605 (+1 175);
* cruise missiles ‒ 4 549.
* warships and boats ‒ 33;
* submarines ‒ 2.
Source [https://mod.gov.ua/en/news/total-russian-combat-losses-in-ukraine-as-of-april-24-2026](https://mod.gov.ua/en/news/total-russian-combat-losses-in-ukraine-as-of-april-24-2026)
Russia grows weaker every day. Slava Ukraini!
56
neonpurplestar1 day ago
+41
There is a video attached in the link, but I am posting this just for the statement:
>VTB Bank is asking for another 700 billion ruble recapitalization. It will likely come from the National Wealth Fund. 🍿
[https://bsky.app/profile/ukrainewarpod.bsky.social/post/3mk6otofkvk2c](https://bsky.app/profile/ukrainewarpod.bsky.social/post/3mk6otofkvk2c)
41
TurbulentRadish81131 day ago
+24
My understanding & context:
- this comes from rules set by the central bank. They could make an exception or something?
- last year VTB got 200bn rub from the wealth fund (NWF) and paid out ~200bn dividends, mostly to the Russian budget. Apparently it would have been illegal to pay out without the NWF money to recapitalise.
- the Russian government suggested changing its special VTB shares and selling them. That could be cash for the war *or* VTB capital. Russia would lose its special priority dividend rights in future.
Russian banks are mostly reporting profits, but I think a lot of it is paper profit from falling government bond yields. I want to investigate.
24
TurbulentRadish81131 day ago
+39
Great Chriso thread, I clipped out bits;
> 1/ A derailment in Russia that injured over 80 people was reportedly caused by a broken 40-year-old rail that should have been replaced 15 years ago.
> ...an engineer has been charged with "criminal negligence while performing his duties on 27 March."
There were four inspections that flagged the decaying rail, management did not fix it.
> 12/ According to insiders, "management's current top priority is to cut corners on everything. Therefore, reports of defects are simply ignored. They occur frequently because the track condition is so poor."
> 13/ Russian Railways is in a deepening crisis ...It has laid off thousands of workers, sold key buildings, and made major cutbacks, but has still suffered operating losses. /end
https://bsky.app/profile/chriso-wiki.bsky.social/post/3mk7zy4floe2c
39
CavemanMork1 day ago
+23
Am I understanding correctly that management did nothing even though it was a know issue, and an engineer got jail time? Lol.
23
exo_universe1 day ago
+10
The engineer now has a new job as meatwave engineer.
10
MuryGoatsBaldPatch1 day ago
+9
They've been acting very stupid for a long time. They got rid of the department that does maintenence on their railway cars to cut cost. Not due to the war, but back in like 2013.
9
TurbulentRadish81131 day ago
+19
The engineer is being blamed, I don't know what stage they're at with prosecution/jail.
But yes, management appears to have avoided replacing stuff that they should have known was at risk of breaking.
Russian rail finances are really bad. They probably can't afford to fix enough rail to ensure safety.
19
MuryGoatsBaldPatch1 day ago
+23
Any Prune devotee knew this was inevitable
23
TurbulentRadish81131 day ago
+24
Russian rail has been begging for a bailout.
In December they were allowed to increase duties by 10% and recently a further 1% surcharge was added to freight, but don't worry comrade - inflation is definitely under 6%. They want more help than that too.
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/russia-weighs-how-prop-up-russian-railways-which-is-51-billion-debt-sources-2025-11-25/
Investment spending changes:
> MOSCOW, December 29. /TASS/. The Board of Directors of Russian Railways approved the corporate investment program for **2026** in the amount of **713.6 bln rubles** ($9.2 bln),
Compared with:
> MOSCOW. Feb 12 (Interfax) - Russian Railways' (RZD) investment program grew to nearly **1.5 trillion rubles in 2024** and exceeded the approved amount of 1.275 trillion rubles.
24
TurbulentRadish81131 day ago
+49
Sounds like the republicans have been looking for ways to punish European allies who didn't follow republicans' orders on Iran.
Threats include trying to remove Spain from NATO, removing US recognition of British control over the Falklands etc.
A major pro-Russian move, but IMO not surprising. Republicans were very clear about their support for Putin's Russia and authoritarianism before the 2022 & 2024 elections.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz78x703lrvo
49
YF42221 hr ago
+9
F*** the Republicans in every sense, they're a bunch of degenerate, corrupt, pedo protecting bastards at this stage. There should be trade agreements in future that cite premium charges on US imports for wherever they're in power.
9
PanneKopp1 day ago
+22
Whoever gives in to the bully has lost.
22
TurbulentRadish81131 day ago
+18
Europe already had a lesson in dealing with people like this with the attempts to bend over backwards and reward Putin with gas contracts.
It failed. Trump Republicans* and Putin are cut from the same cloth, so if Europe bends over for the US and slow-walks its withdrawal from US dependence then it only has itself to blame.
*That is to say the dominant controlling faction of Republicans, so it's only safe to treat all republicans as like that until actively proven otherwise
18
TurbulentRadish81131 day ago
+28
Russian central bank meeting on interest rates today.
> Two were to options considered: 👉 Keep the key rate at 15% 👉 Lower the key rate to 14.5%
Russia lowered the key rate to 14.5%.
https://bsky.app/profile/prune602.bsky.social/post/3mkahb6xvtk27
28
TurbulentRadish81131 day ago
+18
> 1\ Next rate meeting is in June. By then, 2026 interest rate avg will be ~15.2%. Official budget law assumptions = 12-13% full-year average.
> E.g. scenarios: 👉continue 0.5% cuts each meeting = 14% avg 👉accelerate to 1.0% cuts eac meeting = 13.3% avg
> 1% above plan = +~300bn rub finance costs.
These rates matter. Every 1% changes budget costs by ~300bn rub/year. The slow cuts mean they will probably need to adjust the budget and increase expenses. Which they'll probably borrow more money to cover. Just like 2025.
https://bsky.app/profile/leoskyview.bsky.social/post/3mkavi3g6mk27
18
Osiris321 day ago
+13
At this point they really seem to be just f****** around with the economy, right? Like they know what's going to happen so they're just twisting knows and moving sliders to see if the explosion looks cooler.
13
TurbulentRadish81131 day ago
+20
I think they're playing for time. They can actually get some benefits by twisting each slider.
Look at what delay has bought them; republican victories in the US to cut off aid to Ukraine, saving Russia's war and making more Ukrainians die. The time for the Iran war and more oil profits to drag things out longer. Getting closer to more pro-russian, anti-freedom parties in power in major European countries like Germany, France & the UK.
If they avoid collapse, get a favourable war pause, and get sanctions weakened to unlock some assets or sell more resources at a higher price, I think they could be in a position for the next invasion within years.
Of course, they could also collapse and lose. I see both options as on the table.
20
Jamuro1 day ago
+22
they lower the rates at a time when high oil prices act as inflation drivers ... sounds like a fun time is ahead
22
TurbulentRadish81131 day ago
+35
> Satellite imagery by DniproOsint shows severe fire damage to the AVT-11/6 processing unit at the Novokuybyshevsk refinery. The strike is assessed to have knocked out up to 80% of the plant’s capacity, which processes around 6 million tons of oil annually
https://bsky.app/profile/noelreports.com/post/3mkaobdoigc27
35
troglydot1 day ago
+46
>Zelenksy has arrived in Saudi Arabia again, already for the second time in two months.
>
>"Yesterday, at the meeting with European leaders, we secured financial guarantees for our stability. Today, we are advancing our agreements with Saudi Arabia in the fields of security, energy, and infrastructure," - Zelenksy.
>
>Interesting. Sheikhs don't just invite people to visit them for no reason, especially not so frequently.
>
>It's one thing when Zelenksy often travels to Europe - it's understandable, a natural geopolitical ally who is interested in Ukraine's defense capability.
>
>And it's another thing - Saudi Arabia, there are no sentimental feelings towards Ukraine here, only practical interest. It's also important that the Saudis are not afraid to accept Ukraine at a time when the US has distanced itself from it. In all respects, this is very good news.
https://t . me/ToBeOr_Official/20514
46
Sthrax1 day ago
+41
Ukraine has something the Saudis really need- air defense expertise and tech, especially for anti-drone warfare.
They will pay well to protect their oil fields.
41
OG-BoomMaster1 day ago
+28
Did I just see day 1520? More tan 4 years?
28
DeeDee_Z1 day ago
+8
I'd like it if someone would verify my math here.
WW I: 28June1914 to 11Nov1918 = 4Y 3M 14D (I used timeanddate.com for this.)
or 1567 nights, 1568 days.
*(If an event starts on Monday, and ends on Tuesday: It lasted* **1** *day, BUT Tuesday is the* **2nd** *day. That's the source of most off-by-one errors in date calculations.)*
If that much is true, then Day 1568 of this conflict is June 7th -- less than two months away.
8
MorganaHenry17 hr ago
+2
Russia invaded Germany in August 1914, and surrendered in November 1917 so c 3 1/4 years
2
DeeDee_Z17 hr ago
So, the whole bit about "the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month" doesn't apply to Russia then? 'Cuz that's how I learned Armistice Day.
0
MorganaHenry17 hr ago
+2
No - pretty sure Russia had it's own civil war by then
2
helm1 day ago
+29
Yes it’s April 2026 and the war has been raging since February 2022.
29
Remarkable_Beach_5451 day ago
+55
Ukraine develops system where drones can be controlled from 1000's of kms away
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/04/23/8031546/
55
troglydot1 day ago
+56
Ukrainians have begun experimenting with launching P1-Sun and Merops interceptor drones from the wings of An-28 propeller planes. Pretty cool.
https://bsky.app/profile/urikikaski.bsky.social/post/3mk6wsdhk7c25
56
OldRepresentative5781 day ago
+60
> Ukrainian defenders destroyed a Russian uncrewed surface vessel that was heading toward one of the ports in Odesa.
Video at https://bsky.app/profile/wartranslated.bsky.social/post/3mk72tgbawk2b
60
Pave_Low1 day ago
+7
In the Sci Fi classic, "The Forever War" there is a battle where technology has become so advanced the only weapons that sill work were swords, knives, bows and darts.
7
b3iAAoLZOH9Y265cujFh1 day ago
+25
Dear lord, and in broad daylight too. I wonder what they hit it with.
25
SternFlamingo1 day ago
+7
Yeah, that was a big boom. I didn't see any projectile enter the frame, but I'm no pro at this sort of thing.
7
arvigeus1 day ago
+22
Maybe intentional: seeing how the Ukrainian defence will react, kind of a probe.
22
Jay_CD1 day ago
+65
Russia has lost 910 soldiers killed and wounded over the past day, bringing its total number of personnel losses to 1,323,460.
**Source:** [Russian losses over past day: 910 soldiers killed and wounded | Ukrainska Pravda](https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/04/24/8031585/)
**Details:** The total combat losses of the Russian forces between 24 February 2022 and 24 April 2026 are estimated to be as follows \[figures in parentheses represent the latest losses – ed.\]:
* approximately 1,323,460 **(+910)** military personnel
* 11,892 **(+4)** tanks
* 24,445 **(+4)** armoured combat vehicles
* 40,606 **(+32)** artillery systems
* 1,753 **(+1)** multiple-launch rocket systems
* 1,353 **(+2)** air defence systems
* 435 (+0) fixed-wing aircraft
* 350 (+0) helicopters
* 254,605 **(+1,175)** operational-tactical UAVs
* 4,549 (+0) cruise missiles
* 33 (+0) ships/boats
* 2 (+0) submarines
* 91,256 **(+129)** vehicles and fuel tankers
* 4,134 (+0) special vehicles and other equipment.
The information is being confirmed.
65
Jeancey1 day ago
+36
F*** Putin!!
36
Icy-Antelope-65191 day ago
+12
-3 days /s
12
Fritzkreig1 day ago
+35
This does not seem to be going well, well for them; but it is going well for the world!
35
arvigeus1 day ago
+61
A collapse of the Russian regime would actually benefit the Russians the most.
61
kerosene_6661 day ago
+12
"And then things got worse"
12
artllov1 day ago
+25
Out with the Russian regime and in with the Chinese!
25
Uhhh_what5554763841 day ago
+21
At this point the Russians would have a much better life being governed by the CCP. They're a*holes but they aren't stupid a*holes.
21
Playful_Alela20 hr ago
+5
The only reason imo that the US still has a tech edge over China is that the CCP massively over regulates all of their tech stuff for surveillance and because they are scared of freedom of information
5
helm1 day ago
+22
The Chinese would not want to run Russia. Imagine the headache. Russia as a vassal state? Sure.
22
archypsych1 day ago
+27
Slave Ukraini
27
SimonArgead1 day ago
+23
Auto-correct strikes again?
23
archypsych1 day ago
+11
Haha! Yes
11
WorldNewsMods1 day ago
+21
[Previous post can be found here](/r/worldnews/comments/1st7z0g/rworldnews_live_thread_russian_invasion_of/)
78 Comments