Russia Strikes To Destroy Ukraine Energy System Big Russian Kharkov Breakthrough; Energy Price Surge

 Russia is preparing a massive missile and drone campaign to destroy what remains of Ukraine's energy grid, and Alexander explains why Putin personally ordered it ahead of winter. He breaks down the Russian breakthrough encircling Ukrainian troops in Kharkov region, the disputed claims of a Ukrainian counteroffensive near Lyman, and why Donald Trump is now blaming Volodymyr Zelensky for a diesel crisis that Washington's own intelligence agencies helped create. Is the war in Ukraine already lost, and how much longer can the collective west avoid admitting?

Episode 2018
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:20 US intelligence warns Russia is preparing strikes on Ukraine's energy grid
00:02:59 Putin confirms he ordered the strikes at the Bishkek SCO summit
00:04:33 Why Russia appears to be regrouping before the bigger campaign
00:06:40 Russian strikes continue hammering the Black Sea ports
00:09:07 Details on the huge overnight Geran drone strike west of Kiev
00:10:52 Clarifying the Western media coverage of the locomotive strike near Poland
00:16:59 Why Russia is working to sever the rail link between Kiev and the West
00:21:25 The Zatoka bridge campaign compared to the Crimea bridge
00:25:12 Russian forces encircle Ukrainian troops in Kharkov region
00:27:15 Russians push toward Veliki Burluk as the Kharkov cauldron collapses
00:30:57 Why the captured Kharkov territory gives Russia a base for future advances
00:31:48 Disputed claims of a Ukrainian counteroffensive near Lyman
00:36:12 Conflicting Russian and Ukrainian claims over the fighting there
00:42:27 Russian advances near Orikhiv in Zaporizhzhia
00:46:50 Trump blames Zelensky for the diesel shortage he helped cause
00:53:03 How the drone offensive against Russian refineries was really planned
01:05:09 Sikorski, Eric Schmidt and the risk of direct NATO involvement
01:10:27 A rare admission from the western press that Ukraine may be losing

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