Description:
Episode 2044. Kiev has been plunged into darkness after Russian drones knocked out the Kievska substation, halting the metro and disrupting the sewage system. Alexander analyses the campaign against Kiev's bridges, power grid and SBU sites, graphics of Zelensky's bunker now circulating online, Zelensky's complaints that Europe and the United States are abandoning Ukraine, and the collapse of the Kharkov cauldron as Russian forces advance in Sumy and Donbass. Europe is refusing to hand over its last air defenses, and diplomacy is at a dead end.
Timeline:
00:00:00 Kiev under a cat and mouse campaign
00:01:07 Bridges and SBU sites targeted
00:03:35 Kievska substation knocked out
00:05:26 Blackout, metro stops and sewage problems
00:07:13 Railways and the locomotive shortage
00:10:37 SBU strikes and control of Kiev
00:13:20 Zelensky bunker graphics appear online
00:16:20 Is Surovikin in charge
00:17:27 How long can Kiev go on
00:22:38 Signs of another massive strike
00:24:56 Zelensky blames Europe and the US
00:27:28 Europe refuses to hand over air defenses
00:33:28 Will Western embassies leave Kiev
00:36:09 Zaporozhye airstrikes and FAB 3000 bombs
00:41:58 Yevkurov says the old limits are gone
00:50:10 Dobropillia, Druzhkovka and Vivaldi failure
00:52:51 Kharkov cauldron collapses, Sumy advances
00:58:22 Diplomacy is over as Peskov agrees with Rubio
01:06:28 Gaza anniversary, Hormuz and Trump's Iran pledge
01:09:15 Yemen, MBS and rising energy prices