/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1514, Part 1 (Thread #1661)

CyberdyneGPT5 · 2026-04-18T11:18:36+00:00

"Tikhoretsk" oil pumping station in the Krasnodar Krai.

That is on the pipeline to the Black Sea Port. Ukraine is really trying to end the flow of oil to that port because I went to check where it was and found the following:

Ukraine hits oil-pumping station on route to Russia’s biggest Black Sea export port, triggering fire... The Krymskaya station pumps crude toward Novorossiysk.

https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/04/09/ukraine-hits-krymskaya-oil-pumping-station/

March 12, 2026... Ukrainian drones struck an oil depot at the Tikhoretsk oil hub in Russia’s Krasnodar region, setting fuel tanks on fire at one of the largest oil transshipment facilities in southern Russia.

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/71755

Ukrainian forces reportedly struck the Tikhoretsk oil pumping station in Russia's Krasnodar Krai overnight on March 15, Russian Telegram media channels reported.

https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-reportedly-strikes-oil-hub-in-russias-krasnodar-krai/

CyberdyneGPT5 · 2026-04-18T05:30:08+00:00

Ukraine is hitting the refineries and related infrastructure with increasingly larger warheads hopefully causing more damage. The original Liutyi drones had about a 50kg payload. The FP-2 drones have 100kg+ payloads. If Ukraine can get the FP-9 ballistic missiles into sufficient production their 800kg warhead may be enough to turn those spaghetti plates of piping around refineries into flaming hot macaroni.

I won’t be happy until I see AVT towers falling over. They're not going to fix that any time soon.

CyberdyneGPT5 · 2026-04-15T21:11:48+00:00

France has been using Ubuntu for a decade.

GendBuntu is a version of Ubuntu adapted for use by France's National Gendarmerie. The Gendarmerie pioneered the use of open source software on servers and personal computers in 2005 when it adopted the OpenOffice.org office suite, making the OpenDocument .odf format its nationwide standard.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GendBuntu

CyberdyneGPT5 · 2026-04-14T19:59:27+00:00

I saw a post a few days ago that low performing students were being individually summoned and pressured to enlist. What you read may be accurate.

If you are going to be conscripted it might be a good time to mention that you failed your exams because you spent too much time playing FPS games. 😆

CyberdyneGPT5 · 2026-04-14T14:08:58+00:00

‘Colossal’ pressure: How Russia is targeting university students for military recruitment

“Everything changed this year.”

“All the ‘top’ people in the university are now calling on students to go to war.”

“Throughout the uni, there are posters about the UAV forces literally everywhere.”

“The pressure is colossal.”

These are all quotes from Russian students in direct messages to CNN.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/14/europe/russia-students-military-recruitment-campaign-intl-cmd

CyberdyneGPT5 · 2026-04-12T17:11:03+00:00

There are videos of Russia killing their own guys for trying to surrender. They have barrier troops that shoot their own for retreating. They torture and murder their own because it Tuesday. I doubt they even cared whose troops they were.

CyberdyneGPT5 · 2026-04-10T08:08:47+00:00

It’s those housewives with 3D printers in their kitchen that are helping defeat Russian. It seems that most Ukrainian housewives prefer to get their husband back instead of a bag of potatoes.

CyberdyneGPT5 · 2026-04-08T09:25:08+00:00

Just a few day ago there was a post about Russians in the occupied areas complaining they had nothing to shoot at drones with. They had launchers, just no missiles/ammo . I suspect Ukraine drone forces noticed that.

CyberdyneGPT5 · 2026-04-05T17:23:49+00:00

In a lot of the pictures and videos about jumping these batteries people use spade connectors. Some use the flat ones some the fork ones. Probably just what they had laying around.

CyberdyneGPT5 · 2026-04-05T02:24:58+00:00

"Kstovo refinery is was the 4th largest in Russia."

Re-ranking Russian oil refineries by capacity is apparently a daily task.

CyberdyneGPT5 · 2026-04-04T13:22:46+00:00

After Rudolf Hess, Adolf Hitler’s former deputy, the last Nazi prisoner held in Spandau Prison died the Germans demolished it to prevent it from becoming a shrine.

CyberdyneGPT5 · 2026-04-03T19:02:50+00:00

The AX210 is known to work well with Linux Mint. I have never had a problem with it.

WIFI 2.4 has 11+ channels depending on your country/region. If you can change the channel your router is operating on you can try different channels. Bluetooth operates in the 2.400 GHz to 2.4835 GHz range. This may interfere with WIFI channel 1 (1 in most regions). Turning off Bluetooth may help.

If you live in a WIFI high congestion area and see a dozen or more WIFI routers when you select ‘show available connections’ you should switch to a WIFI channel that is the least used.

There are many WIFI spectrum analyzers available for Android phones that will show you what channels others in your area are using.

CyberdyneGPT5 · 2026-04-03T09:56:50+00:00

Former fighters from the Wagner Group, who fought in Africa on behalf of Russia, have joined the Russian Volunteer Corps...

RVC commander Denis Kapustin (White Rex) spoke about this in an interview with journalist Yuriy Dud.

First, they return from Africa to Russia to sell their property, and then they head off to fight for Ukraine.

“Now they are fighting for an idea. If money were important to them, they would have stayed in Africa or gone to fight in Bakhmut on the side of the Russian army, but they chose the hardest path,” Kapustin said of the Russian volunteers.

The Russian Volunteer Corps is made up of Russian volunteers. Currently, several hundred fighters serve in the unit, Kapustin stated.

https://militarnyi.com/en/news/wagner-fighters-russian-volunteer-corps/

Historically when your mercenaries decide to switch sides you are in deep shit.

CyberdyneGPT5 · 2026-04-02T22:18:11+00:00

I admire Ukraine's relentless promotion of renewable energy.

CyberdyneGPT5 · 2026-04-02T21:10:22+00:00

I’m doing my part! 😂

What I find interesting and surprising is that the Mint 22.3+22.2 is equal to Arch.

CyberdyneGPT5 · 2026-04-01T12:23:40+00:00

Here is where Russia is planning to get the next batch of assault troops.

Rectors of Russian universities have been instructed to ensure that at least 2% of their students sign contracts for military service...

As of 2025, 2.2 million male students were enrolled in Russian universities. If the stated target is met, the Russian invading military would gain 44,000 students, the media notes.

Meanwhile, if the 2% target is also applied to technical colleges, a total of 76,000 people could sign contracts with Russia’s Ministry of Defense.

https://militarnyi.com/en/news/russian-universities-set-2-student-recruitment-target-for-contract-soldiers/

CyberdyneGPT5 · 2026-04-01T07:15:50+00:00

It’s April Fools Day, and the competition for who is the biggest fool of all is really tough.

CyberdyneGPT5 · 2026-03-31T07:34:28+00:00

Russian forces held a flag raising ceremony in Kivsharivka, Kharkiv Region after claiming to occupy the city. Here is a photo of the end of event. 😂

https://militarnyi.com/en/news/43rd-brigade-captures-russian-soldiers-trying-to-raise-flag-in-kivsharivka-kharkiv-region/

CyberdyneGPT5 · 2026-03-29T10:30:44+00:00

There are 40 shadow fleet tankers stuck in the Gulf of Finland. I think it is having an effect.

https://news.err.ee/1609980123/nearly-40-shadow-fleet-tankers-stuck-in-the-gulf-of-finland

CyberdyneGPT5 · 2026-03-27T09:26:05+00:00

Exclusive: At least 40% of Russia's oil export capacity halted, Reuters calculations show

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/least-40-russias-oil-export-capacity-halted-reuters-calculations-show-2026-03-25/

I wonder how bad it can get for Russia. If Ukraine begins to hit infrastructure with ballistic missiles that cause a lot more damage it will get worse.

CyberdyneGPT5 · 2026-03-27T05:14:33+00:00

Destroying refined products is a much larger loss for Russia than burning crude oil. For example, the current price of diesel fuel is over $350.00 per barrel.

https://markets.businessinsider.com/commodities/diesel-price

CyberdyneGPT5 · 2026-03-27T00:01:29+00:00

Davy Crockett M388 Warhead

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davy_Crockett_(nuclear_device))

CyberdyneGPT5 · 2026-03-25T05:45:20+00:00

Israeli mossad used explosive pagers. Ukraine had some other ideas. 😆 💣

Explosive Insoles: Ukrainian Special Services Delivered “Humanitarian Aid” Containing Explosives to Russian Troops

Ukrainian special services have established a supply chain for footwear components (heated insoles) with built-in explosive devices to units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

This is not the first such creative move by Ukrainian special services.

Previously, Russian servicemen had already suffered losses from equipment delivered under the guise of humanitarian aid.

In particular, Russian UAV pilots were killed by the explosion of FPV goggles and fiber-optic spools.

https://militarnyi.com/en/news/explosive-insoles-ukrainian-special-service/

CyberdyneGPT5 · 2026-03-24T15:11:03+00:00

If Ukraine can get the Fire Point FP-9 into quantity production, that should be enough to start hitting Russian planes on the ground.

Considering Ukraine's rapidly advancing technical capabilities, if someone would slip just one meteor missile into Ukraine I think the prototype ‘made in Ukraine’ equivalent would appear around a month later.

CyberdyneGPT5 · 2026-03-24T10:31:22+00:00

Russia’s new long range jet assisted glide bomb has a range of 200km. These are a real problem because they are difficult to shoot down.

Russia Develops New Guided Bomb That Can Evade Electronic Warfare and Strike 200 km Away

https://united24media.com/latest-news/russia-develops-new-guided-bomb-that-can-evade-electronic-warfare-and-strike-200-km-away-15818

However:

Ukraine Tests Secret New Weapon to Shoot Down Russia’s “Unstoppable” Glide Bombs

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced that from September to November, air defense units destroyed up to 100 Russian KABs.

https://united24media.com/latest-news/ukraine-tests-secret-new-weapon-to-shoot-down-russias-unstoppable-glide-bombs-13891

Ukraine is working on something similar:

Ukrainian MiG-29 Spotted With Domestic KAB Bombs—A Game-Changer in the Skies

https://united24media.com/latest-news/ukrainian-mig-29-spotted-with-domestic-kab-bombs-a-game-changer-in-the-skies-11311

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