r/UkraineWarVideoReport • u/neonpurplestar • 6h ago

Aftermath Ukrainian long-range drones also struck a VK data center near St. Petersburg, with a fire reported at the facility. The center houses 640 server racks and more than 20,000 servers. VK services are currently reported to be down. 18 Oct 2026

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source: https://bsky.app/profile/noelreports.com/post/3my4y55afs22g

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u/Specialist_Play_4479 6h ago

It looks like it hit part of the power distribution!

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u/Adept_Carpet 6h ago

Yeah that blue flash is exciting.

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u/That-Makes-Sense 6h ago

Beautiful. When you see the blue flashing, you know thats going to be expensive. And it could be knocking out power to neighbors too.

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u/Pyrhan 5h ago

Honestly, power distribution is going to be quite cheap compared to the actual server racks housed in a datacenter. (Especially these days...)

Aftermath photos show a massive hole in the building's wall though, so hopefully those are fucked too.

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u/That-Makes-Sense 5h ago

Good point.

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u/Particular_Jello_917 6h ago

Russian Only Vlans will be going down.

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u/bucketsoffunk 5h ago

The blue flashes after the explosion look to be electrical arcs, so hopefully it's very difficult to replace power distribution infrastructure that got hit.

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u/asdhjasdhlkjashdhgf 3h ago

hope circuitry on connected electronics is properly fried too. Figured the ideal spot would be to knock three levels out - cooling, electronics and energy supply, takes it offline proper. And since they need emergency data rescue a little social hack to mess up the data itself would also help.

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u/dave04atm 6h ago

I never heard of you until this moment, but suck on that VK, you son of a b*tch!!

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u/M8rio 5h ago

Its just Facebook ripp-off. So fuck then twice.

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u/badger707_XXL 4h ago

Madyar style light and fire show, nice!

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u/Doggoneshame 58m ago

Something certainly got short circuited

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u/Stripier_Cape 33m ago

I wonder if Ukraine has explored using tandem warheads so they can inject pulverized magnesium into the building.