Description:
Alexander Mercouris reports live from Russia with a sweeping analysis of the escalating US strikes on Iran, the growing threat to Hormuz shipping, and the prospect of a sudden oil price shock as the confrontation deepens.
Reporting exclusively from an international conference, Mercouris reveals that Ukrainian drones are built entirely on Chinese components routed through third parties in Malaysia, that China is quietly throttling rare earth and tungsten exports to Europe, and that the Kremlin has issued quiet guidance to Russian media not to criticise Donald Trump, a calculated strategy Alex Christoforou and The Duran have been tracking closely.
With Russian forces closing in on Lyman and Slavyansk and the Donbas front shifting faster than Western media acknowledges, is a cascade collapse of Ukrainian positions now inevitable?
Timeline:
00:00:00 Introduction — reporting from Russia
00:00:36 US missile strikes on Iran continue
00:01:09 Indian tanker struck near Oman, Delhi protests
00:01:39 Trump claims Hormuz shipping breakthrough — Mercouris skeptical
00:03:10 US military distorting Persian Gulf picture for Trump?
00:04:48 Oil price outlook and Iranian response scenarios
00:06:52 Christoforou and Mercouris on oil price panic and market sentiment
00:09:25 Seymour Hersh report Trump discussed tactical nuclear option
00:12:13 Lyman situation Russian forces entering from multiple directions
00:20:59 Why the West has not grasped the Donbas crisis
00:21:45 Russian FAB bombs growing accuracy confirmed, Forbes article debunked
00:26:31 Ukrainian drone supply chain. Chinese components via Malaysia
00:29:44 China throttling rare earths and tungsten to the West
00:34:00 China views US Iran blockade as ultimately targeting China
00:37:40 Kremlin directive no criticism of Trump or the United States
00:40:20 Russia strategy taking half the cake while advancing on the battlefield
00:55:19 Ukrainian colonel assassinate FSB failures and military anger
00:00:00 Introduction — reporting from Russia
00:00:36 US missile strikes on Iran continue
00:01:09 Indian tanker struck near Oman, Delhi protests
00:01:39 Trump claims Hormuz shipping breakthrough — Mercouris skeptical
00:03:10 US military distorting Persian Gulf picture for Trump?
00:04:48 Oil price outlook and Iranian response scenarios
00:06:52 Christoforou and Mercouris on oil price panic and market sentiment
00:09:25 Seymour Hersh report Trump discussed tactical nuclear option
00:12:13 Lyman situation Russian forces entering from multiple directions
00:20:59 Why the West has not grasped the Donbas crisis
00:21:45 Russian FAB bombs growing accuracy confirmed, Forbes article debunked
00:26:31 Ukrainian drone supply chain. Chinese components via Malaysia
00:29:44 China throttling rare earths and tungsten to the West
00:34:00 China views US Iran blockade as ultimately targeting China
00:37:40 Kremlin directive no criticism of Trump or the United States
00:40:20 Russia strategy taking half the cake while advancing on the battlefield
00:55:19 Ukrainian colonel assassinate FSB failures and military anger
