Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Cloudflare Outage Sparks Global Internet Chaos

"THE CLOUDFLARE COLLAPSE BY NUMBERS: 
OUTAGE SEVERITY: - Global scope across ALL timezones - 11,000+ reports in USA (first hour) - 3,800+ reports in UK (first hour) - Multiple critical services failed simultaneously ERROR TYPES REPORTED: - HTTP 500 (Internal Server Error) 
Cloudflare, the world’s leading web infrastructure and security company, confirmed that it was experiencing a significant issue with its Global Network in the early hours of Tuesday morning, causing widespread outages across the internet. The problem has affected various services, including social media platform X, OpenAI’s ChatGPT, and the outage monitoring site Downdetector among many other sites and apps experiencing problems. Even some news sites, including Axios, appear to be completely unreachable as of this writing due to the Cloudflare outage — visitors are asked to “unblock” a Cloudflare address to proceed.
According to Cloudflare’s System Status page, the company is currently investigating the issue, which is causing HTTP 500 errors that impact the Cloudflare dashboard and API. These server-level errors indicate that the problem lies within Cloudflare’s infrastructure, rather than with individual websites or servers.? ZeroHedge

Russian missile strikes Kharkiv Oblast

"A seventeen-year-old girl was killed and nine others were injured in an overnight
Russian missile attack on the city of Berestyn in Kharkiv Oblast regional authorities said.
The girl was critically wounded in the strike and later died of her injuries at a hospital, regional Governor Oleh Syniehubov reported." KI

Ukraine strikes thermal power plant in occupied Donetsk Oblast

"Ukraine's military reportedly struck a Russian-controlled
thermal power plant
in occupied
Donetsk Oblast overnight on Nov. 18,
Russian Telegram media channels reported.
Purported videos posted on social media appear to show a large explosion and subsequent fire emanating from the
Zuivska Thermal Power Plant in the occupied community of Zuhres in Donetsk Oblast, following a projectile strike on the target." KI

Multiple eruptions at Sakurajima volcano disrupt flights at Kagoshima Airport, Japan

"Multiple explosive eruptions at Sakurajima’s Minamidake crater in Kagoshima,
Japan sent ash to about 4 400 m (14 400 feet) above sea level, prompting ashfall forecasts and flight cancellations at Kagoshima Airport." W

Strong mag. 5.6 Earthquake - Maluku Sea, 174 km southwest of Manado, Kota Manado, Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia

"A strong magnitude 5.6 earthquake occurred in the Maluku Sea near the coast of Sulawesi Utara,
Indonesia, in the evening of Monday, Nov 17, 2025 at 8.12 pm local time (GMT +8). The quake had a moderate depth of 113 km (70 mi) and was felt by many near the epicenter." VD

151 clashes reported on frontline over past day

"Ukrainian Defense Forces engaged in 151 combat clashes with Russian invaders.
In the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk sectors, seven clashes occurred. The enemy carried out six airstrikes with 14 guided bombs and 148 shelling attacks, including eight MLRS strikes.
In the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector,
Russian troops attacked Ukrainian positions six times near Vovchansk and towards Dvorichanske.
In the Kupiansk sector, there were three enemy attacks;
Ukrainian forces repelled assaults near Pishchane and Stepova Novoselivka.
In the Lyman sector, the
Russians attacked nine times near Novyi Myr, Zarichne, and Drobysheve.
In the Sloviansk sector, the enemy launched 10 attacks near Dronivka, Serebrianka, Siversk, and Fedorivka.
In the Kramatorsk sector, the
Russians carried out two attempts to break through near Stupochky and Orikhovo-Vasylivka.
In the Kostiantynivka sector, 20 clashes occurred near Shcherbynivka, Oleksandro-Shultyno, Rusyn Yar, Yablunivka, Kostiantynivka, and Sofiivka.
In the Pokrovsk sector,
Ukrainian defenders repelled 40 assaults near Maiak, Fedorivka, Rodynske, Chervonyi Lyman, Lysivka, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske, and Dachne.
In the Oleksandrohrad sector, the
Russians carried out 13 attacks near Zelenyi Hai, Vorone, Sosnivka, Berezove, Krasnohirsk, and Pershotravneve.
In the Huliaipole sector,
Russian forces launched 10 attacks near Solodke, Rivnopillia, Yablukove, and Zelenyi Hai.
In the Orikhiv sector, the
Russians carried out one attack toward Prymorske.
In the Prydniprovske sector, the enemy conducted two unsuccessful attempts to approach
Ukrainian positions." Ukrin