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SitRep - 18/04/26 - Refineries and oil infrastructure hit

An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Four oil facilities and two warships were hit, and the fire at oil facilities in the port Tuapse is not stopping.

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https://x.com/NOELreports/status/2045374820897218744

As usual we start with Russian losses

https://x.com/NOELreports/status/2045375039177134436

Ukraine struck the Novokuybyshevsk refinery

https://x.com/NOELreports/status/2045375559723778103

Drones also struck Sevastopol.

https://x.com/NOELreports/status/2045375831023993029

Drones attacking in the Samara region

https://x.com/NOELreports/status/2045376637022376255

The Syzran refinery was also hit.

https://x.com/NOELreports/status/2045376924999176418

The Tikhoretsk pumping station was hit, and is on fire

https://x.com/NOELreports/status/2045411996523254184

Strong fires in Syzran.

https://x.com/NOELreports/status/2045413381130080405

An oil depot in Sevastopol was hit.

https://x.com/NOELreports/status/2045414131532984474

The AVT-6 in Novokuybyshevsk was hit.

https://x.com/NOELreports/status/2045414647155532080

General Staff confirmed the strikes

https://x.com/NOELreports/status/2045453436250886249

Tuapse still on fire.

https://x.com/NOELreports/status/2045454704415473835

A TOS-1A destroyed

https://x.com/NOELreports/status/2045456341494268174

The warships Yamal and Azov were once again targetted.

https://x.com/NOELreports/status/2045459520537726999

Russian artillery taken out.

https://x.com/NOELreports/status/2045558792411324738

Drones taken out.

https://x.com/NOELreports/status/2045564266019758218

A 'motorized' assault repelled.

https://x.com/NOELreports/status/2045593463635546596

Sevastopol still burning.

https://x.com/NOELreports/status/2045594562085941558

Lets continue with the general events. Ukrainian underground complex.

https://x.com/NOELreports/status/2045415221808726033

An AI defense center is being created within the AFU

https://x.com/NOELreports/status/2045455886546546990

A shooter killed 6 in Kyiv

https://x.com/NOELreports/status/2045559365726544057

Luckily Meloni won't allow it.

https://x.com/NOELreports/status/2045560543373636075

Lithuania and Latvia won't allow Fico to fly to Moscow and use their airspace.

https://x.com/NOELreports/status/2045601282358911268

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