Alex Christoforou | Russia MOD: "Blame Zelensky"; Saudi Offensive Begins, Taiz Encircled | Oct. 5, 2026

Source: Alex Christoforou youtube



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Episode 2198. Saudi Arabia's offensive in Yemen has begun, yet the Houthis are encircling Taiz and closing in on Aden, and Alex explains why MBS is now asking the Trump administration to step in. Alex also covers the US pulling its bombers out of RAF Fairford, Iran's 7 day proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the Russian Ministry of Defense telling Ukraine to blame Zelensky, Medvedev's Starlink warning, and Flavio Bolsonaro beating Lula in the first round in Brazil. With Sanchez calling snap elections in Spain, is the Zelensky curse about to strike again?

Timeline:
00:00:00 Saudi backed Yemen offensive begins
00:02:11 Houthis encircle Taiz with Aden next
00:04:33 US bombers leave RAF Fairford
00:08:29 Iran 7 day proposal to reopen Hormuz
00:09:57 Russian MOD says blame Zelensky
00:14:20 Peskov says Russia will fight with full force
00:15:56 Kiev bridges and the Crimean Bridge double standard
00:21:42 Trump team pushes trilateral meeting
00:23:20 Medvedev warns on Rassvet and Starlink
00:26:05 Merz in Kiev on German Unity Day
00:30:40 Flavio Bolsonaro wins first round in Brazil
00:33:15 Sanchez calls snap elections in Spain
00:34:50 Siberia lab incident
00:35:50 Romania protests over Georgescu
00:36:40 Clown world: Estonia moves troops to Russian border

Vasily Prozorov | Dogs of War — Who Are the Foreign Mercenaries Fighting for Kiev? | Oct. 5, 2026

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Vasily Prozorov, a former Ukrainian SBU officer who defected to Russia and survived two assassination attempts, has spent years tracking the network of foreign fighters and mercenaries operating inside Ukraine. His new book, "Ukraine: Murderers for Hire — Dogs of War Lured by Kiev," is a documentary investigation into who these fighters really are.

He sits down with Scott Ritter, a former UN weapons inspector and Marine Corps intelligence officer, and DDGeopolitics to break it down.

He sorts foreign fighters into three categories: ideological neo-Nazis, mercenaries chasing a paycheck, and Western military professionals operating NATO systems under official deniability. British Afghanistan veterans could not answer how to defend a checkpoint against a tank. A Ukrainian officer had already faced that in 2014. By late 2023 most Western mercenaries had left Ukraine. The war was nothing like Afghanistan or Iraq.

The supply has shifted to Latin America. Colombians are now the dominant foreign mercenary group and are used as cannon fodder. Western countries are paying their own mercenaries through Ukraine's Ministry of Defense, with their own financial assistance. Colombian cartels are recruiting Ukraine-trained FPV drone operators. Prozorov says he has seen it firsthand. Ukrainian instructors have been sent to Colombia to train cartel members on FPV drones on the spot.

Israeli instructors were seen in the Dnipro battalion in 2014, a personal connection through Kolomoisky. On drone operators controlling strikes from European apartments, he says: "War criminals. Nothing but disgust." He calls Laura Loomer a soldier in information warfare, a foreign mercenary serving the Kiev regime. His next book is on weapon smuggling from Ukraine.

Larry Johnson | Perfect Storm in Ukraine - Bridges, Ports, Energy Infrastructure & Kiev Under Attack | Oct. 5, 2026

Source: Glenn Diesen youtube, sonar21.com



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Larry Johnson is a former CIA intelligence analyst who also worked at the U.S. State Department's Office of Counterterrorism.

Andrei Martyanov & Lt Col Daniel Davis | Ukraine Hitting Russian Refineries as Trump Pushes for Talks | Oct. 5, 2026

Source: Daniel Davis youtube, smoothiex12.blogspot.com



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Andrei Martyanov with Daniel Davis on Ukraine hitting Russian refineries as Trump pushes for talks.

The Duran | Russia Will Use "Full Force"; Kiev Bridge Panic as Merz Rushes to Zelensky | Oct. 5, 2026

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Kiev is in panic as Russian Geran drones cut the Dnieper bridges and split the city in two, and in this episode we explain why this is a logistics crisis for the Ukrainian military in the east. They break down the rare Russian Ministry of Defense statement placing full personal responsibility on Zelensky, Peskov's warning that Russia will now use full force, and Friedrich Merz's surprise trip to Kiev with money, weapons and possibly the Taurus missile. With Western embassies drawing up plans to leave Kiev, how much longer can Zelensky hold on?

Timeline:
00:00:00 Kiev bridge strikes and Merz surprise visit
00:00:50 Panic in Kiev as Geran drones hit the Dnieper bridges
00:03:08 Why the Kiev bridges are critical to Ukraine military logistics
00:07:35 Russian MOD and Peskov warn of full force
00:11:12 Why Merz rushed to Kiev
00:12:46 Taurus missile and the FP9 question
00:16:38 AfD surges as Merz visits Kiev on German national day
00:19:07 Russia tells Western diplomats to leave Kiev
00:23:24 Russian MOD puts full responsibility on Zelensky
00:26:41 Trilateral meeting talk for end of October

Alexander Mercouris | Kiev Bridges Knocked Out; Russia To Intensify Strikes; Alarmed Zelensky Threats; Merz Rushes To Kiev | Oct. 4, 2026

Source: Alexander Mercouris youtube



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Episode 2039. Russia's Defence Ministry has announced that strikes on Kiev will intensify, and Alexander explains why the Dnieper bridges now sit closed to heavy traffic with no tunnels to replace them. He traces the campaign to a multi year Russian build up in Geran drone technology overseen by Dmitry Medvedev, then turns to Peskov's pledge to fight with full force and Putin's visible irritation at Modi's proposal to freeze the conflict. With Merz leaving Kiev empty handed, does anyone in the West have a plan for what comes next?

Timeline:
00:00:00 Kiev bridges crisis deepens
00:02:22 NYT: bridges weakened, not destroyed
00:05:38 No tunnels under the Dnieper
00:08:08 Ukraine's logistics options narrow
00:11:35 Russia's drone technology build up, Medvedev's role
00:15:56 Gepard air defence fails over the bridges
00:18:00 Zelensky threatens Russian refineries
00:21:57 FP9 ballistic missile claims
00:27:07 Pontoon bridge plans
00:29:00 Russian Defence Ministry: strikes will intensify
00:37:16 Merz rushes to Kiev empty handed
00:44:35 German polls: AfD 30%, CDU 18%
00:47:25 Modi peace plan irritates Putin
00:49:41 Peskov: Russia will fight with full force
01:00:17 Front lines: Dobropillia, Sumy

Jiang Xueqin | The West's Political Crisis & Why World War 3 May Start in Yemen | Oct. 4, 2026

Source: Glenn Diesen youtube, Predictive History youtube



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Jiang Xueqin, host of Predictive History, tells Glenn Diesen that the West's political crisis is a contest among globalists, nationalists, an AI oligarchy, and Zionist factions around Trump. 

He argues that a wider war would more likely be traced to the Houthi-Saudi conflict in Yemen than to a direct clash between the United States and Iran, because the Houthis are not constrained the way state actors are.

Alex Christoforou | Surprise, Merz in Kiev; Taurus Missile Rebrand? Trump-Putin Lukoil Deal? | Oct. 4, 2026

Source: Alex Christoforou youtube



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Episode 2197. Merz makes a surprise train trip to Kiev with his CDU polling at a historic low, and Alex asks whether the real purpose is a Taurus missile rebranded as a Ukrainian long range weapon. As Russia hits Kiev's bridges again, a strategy Alexander flagged months ago, Zelensky promises retaliation on Russian refineries while the New York Times reports Putin raised a 20 billion dollar Lukoil asset sale with Witkoff and Kushner involving investors tied to Trump allies. Is this escalation, a business deal, or both at once?

Timeline:
00:00:00 Merz surprise train trip to Kiev
00:04:47 Taurus missiles rebranded as FP9?
00:06:06 Russia warns diplomats, Kiev bridges hit again
00:07:45 Pontoon bridge and tunnel plans
00:10:27 Zelensky tells Reuters retaliation is coming
00:15:30 Trump allies and the Lukoil assets deal
00:22:36 EU natural gas prices surge
00:23:20 Zelensky and the EU 90 billion loan
00:26:07 Houthis claim Aramco refinery strike in Riyadh
00:27:40 G7 releases 100 million barrels
00:30:20 Spain housing protests
00:32:45 Brazil election first round
00:33:50 Bosnia and Latvia elections
00:35:35 Clown World: Sandu warns Finland
00:38:10 FlyDubai co pilot crash axe update

Patrick Henningsen | Vance-Gabbard Ticket on the Trump Express | Oct. 3, 2026

Source: Stanislav Krapivnik youtube, 21stcenturywire.com, 21st Century Wire youtube, Patrick Henningsen on X, Patrick Henningsen Substack



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Patrick Henningsen with Stanislav Krapivnik on the UN session, where they say leaders walked out on Netanyahu but not on Trump, and on threats of annihilation from a nuclear-armed United States.

Henningsen says Republican polling points to a Vance-Gabbard ticket as an alternative to Trump, and that Tulsi Gabbard has said nothing since leaving as director of national intelligence.

Alexander Mercouris | Kiev Chaos; Russia Smashes Bridges; Tells West Quit Kiev; West Embassies Plan To Go; Kharkov Crisis | Oct. 3, 2026

Source: Alexander Mercouris youtube



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Episode 2038. Alexander examines Russia's Geran drone strikes on the Dnieper bridges in Kiev and the new Russian Foreign Ministry statement telling Western diplomats and foreign nationals they are in mortal danger if they stay in Ukraine. 

He explains why Ukraine's air defenses are failing, why Patriot PAC 3 supplies will not arrive in time, and how the quiet Russian offensive in Kharkov, Dobropillia and Zaporozhye connects to the campaign against the capital. If the West and the Zelensky government are pushed out of Kiev, will Europe keep sending billions, a question Mercouris and Alex Christoforou have been asking for months?

Timeline:
00:00:00 Intro: Russia wants the West out of Kiev
00:01:51 Strikes on the Dnieper bridges
00:06:55 Gridlock and panic in Kiev
00:10:59 Rail, power and Gostomel targets
00:14:50 Klitschko and the 1,000 missile stockpile
00:16:43 Ukraine's air defenses failing
00:19:24 Guardian: embassies plan to relocate
00:22:15 Russian Foreign Ministry statement
00:29:34 Russia was not bluffing
00:35:20 Putin inspects Geran 4 and Geran 5
00:39:37 Patriot PAC 3 shortage
00:45:18 Zelensky, Trump and the Rassvet system
00:49:32 Front lines and the British MoD briefing
00:52:25 Dobropillia, Orikhiv and Zaporozhye
00:59:36 Operation Vivaldi and Lyman
01:03:25 The quiet Kharkov offensive
01:10:08 What happens if Kiev is abandoned
01:16:40 Will Europe keep funding Ukraine

Andrei Martyanov | Center 2026 | Oct. 3, 2026

Source: Andrei Martyanov youtube, smoothiex12.blogspot.com



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Andrei Martyanov on the Center 2026 exercise at the Chebarkul range in Chelyabinsk, with Vladimir Putin present and Valery Gerasimov away running the war. He says the clips show a short-barrel infantry-support gun on T-80 and T-72 chassis, already in serial production for street fighting, and anti-ship missiles.

He then cites 1,157 drones shot down the day before, a daily rate near 1,400, strikes on the ties of Kiev bridges, and pockets around Glukhov in Sumy, Orekhov in Zaporizhzhia, and Vovchansk.

Alex Christoforou | Russia Hits Bridges, Embassies Plan Exit; France on Fire, Macron MIA? | Oct. 3, 2026

Source: Alex Christoforou youtube



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Episode 2196. Russia is hitting the bridges of Kiev and Western embassies are quietly preparing plans to relocate to Lviv or Poland, as Alex breaks down the reports from Klitschko and the Guardian. Alex also covers the secret Camp David meeting on Iran and Yemen, the G7 diesel release, violent student protests across France with Macron nowhere to be seen, and Tucker Carlson's interview with Jacob Rees Mogg on the Budapest Memorandum. Is Kiev about to be isolated as winter approaches, and what does it mean for Zelensky, Trump and Europe?

Timeline:
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:20 Russia strikes Kiev bridges
00:01:27 Klitschko warning and Guardian embassy report
00:03:57 Russia's embassy warning and Kiev's choice
00:06:02 Zelensky asks Trump to sanction Rassvet
00:08:20 Secret Camp David meeting on Iran and Yemen
00:10:30 Saudi plan against the Houthis
00:12:48 G7 diesel release and Trump ultimatum
00:16:15 France student protests, where is Macron
00:19:03 Tucker Carlson interviews Jacob Rees Mogg
00:23:49 Budapest Memorandum debate
00:27:20 Clown world: Rutte and Merz peace prize
00:29:05 Trump $5,000 dividend
00:30:54 Baltic States prepare without the US

The Duran | Kiev Cut Off, Bridges Targeted; EU's Last Card, Seize $200B Russian Assets | Oct. 3, 2026

Source: The Duran youtube



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Russia is moving to isolate Kiev, and on this episode we explain how strikes on the capital's energy grid, power lines, rail links and Dnieper bridges point to a plan to make the city unusable. With Ukraine's economy in freefall and its funding needs climbing toward 200 billion, they argue the EU has one card left to play, which is seizing the frozen Russian assets held at Euroclear, despite objections from Belgium and Putin's warnings at Valdai. If Kiev is cut off and the government is forced to leave, what exactly would that money buy Europe?

Timeline:
00:00:00 Ukraine needs 200 billion and counting
00:01:46 Russian strikes target Kiev energy grid and bridges
00:04:06 The plan to isolate Kiev
00:06:20 Russian buildup in Bryansk and Sumy
00:07:26 Would Russia install a new government in Kiev
00:10:00 Putin links diesel export ban to sanctions
00:12:52 Ukraine industry and air defences collapse
00:14:21 EU last card is seizing Russian assets
00:19:46 Front line update Orekhov, Dobropillia, Kharkov, Liman
00:23:07 The long conflict between Russia and the West

Larry Johnson & Stanislav Krapivnik | Europe Could Be at War With Russia Within Seven Months | Oct. 2, 2026

Source: Counter Currents youtube, Stanislav Krapivnik youtube, Stanislav Krapivnik on X



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Former CIA analyst Larry Johnson and former U.S. Army officer Stanislav Krapivnik examine why Europe is drifting toward direct confrontation with Russia despite lacking the industrial capacity to sustain a major war. Johnson puts the risk of exchanges of fire within seven months at 70 percent. 

They also discuss Ukraine’s battlefield position, Russia’s artillery and glide-bomb advantage, whether Israel can survive its current course and the danger that U.S. escalation against Iran could accelerate nuclear proliferation.

Jeffrey Sachs | Ukraine Peace Proposal vs. NATO Salami Tactics | Oct. 2, 2026

Source: Glenn Diesen youtube



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Jeffrey D. Sachs is a world-renowned economics professor, bestselling author, innovative educator, and global leader in sustainable development.

Krapivnik & Christoforou | Please Sign Minsk 3! | Oct. 1, 2026

Source: Stanislav Krapivnik youtube, The Duran youtube



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Stanislav Krapivnik and Alex Christoforou on why Russia would refuse Minsk 3, Europe pressing for a ceasefire and troops in Odessa, and a West short of missiles, diesel, and time.

Timeline:
00:00:00 Why Russia would sign Minsk 3
00:01:20 EU migration, Brussels grift, and power in Brussels
00:02:40 Germany's foreign minister goes to Lavrov
00:04:00 The US trade offer, Nord Stream, and seized assets
00:08:00 A losing side that still thinks it is winning
00:09:20 The Foreign Policy drone essay
00:11:20 A G8 seat until Ukraine rearms
00:12:00 Plan B: false-flag drones
00:14:00 Macron and Italy say the CIA did not brief them
00:14:40 Leaders who want a fight, publics who do not
00:16:40 French and British troops for Odessa
00:18:00 Foreign flags in Ukraine as enemy combatants
00:19:20 Article 5, and how to bait Trump
00:21:20 No US troops; money, Tomahawks, ships, Starlink
00:24:00 Greece, Patriots, and Greek tankers
00:26:00 Ukraine ahead of drought relief at home
00:28:00 Red lines, long-range strikes, and the Sea of Azov
00:30:40 Once Russia acts: logistics, steel, ports, locomotives
00:32:00 Glide bombs on Odessa
00:32:40 Netanyahu at the UN, walkouts, and sanctions
00:36:00 Iran, empty US magazines, and a deal nobody allows
00:38:40 A long siege
00:40:40 The debt bubble and two-week Treasury bills
00:42:40 Diesel and tariffs on Russian oil
00:45:20 How historians will read this era
00:48:40 Failing upwards, and where to find The Duran

Alex Christoforou | Russian warning, NATO retreat; Burnham flips on petrol thieves; Rubio boots Iran team | Oct. 1, 2026

Source: Alex Christoforou youtube



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Russia warned NATO to keep its hands off Kaliningrad, and Mark Rutte and the alliance appear to have blinked. Alex breaks down the NATO retreat, UK PM Andy Burnham suddenly floating an Iran link to the RAF air base incident, Marco Rubio sending the Iranian delegation home, Trump teasing something big on Iran, Ukraine's F16 crisis in Belgium, and the push to grab Russian frozen assets. With Brexit reversal on the table and Kiev facing blackouts, is the West running out of options?

Episode 2194
00:00:00 Trump tells the Flydubai plumber story
00:01:13 Burnham floats Iran link to RAF air base incident
00:03:49 Trump declares Iraq operation over
00:04:44 Trump claims near total control of Hormuz
00:06:04 Rubio ejects Iranian delegation as talks collapse
00:09:10 Russia warns NATO: hands off Kaliningrad
00:10:08 Rutte urges calm while talking tough
00:11:58 Lithuanian PM says no intel on Russian threat
00:13:42 Politico: Ukraine running out of money
00:16:18 Kiev needs cash to buy long range drones
00:17:17 Zakharova warns European arms factories
00:18:56 WSJ: half of Ukraine's F16s stuck in Belgium
00:22:34 Strikes shift to Kiev power transmission
00:24:37 Brexit reversal: Macron and Sanchez welcome UK
00:27:51 Russia extends diesel export ban
00:28:16 Clown World: Hegseth's Office of Religious Affairs 

Stanislav Krapivnik | Putin Deploys 10,000 North Korean Troops, EU-Russia War Inevitable | Sep. 30, 2026

Source: Danny Haiphong youtube, Stanislav Krapivnik youtube, Stanislav Krapivnik on X



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Stanislav Krapivnik with Danny Haiphong on Russia and North Korea intensifying a joint offensive, and on Ukraine's alarm over a war between Putin's military and Europe as a new front opens.

Stanislav Krapivnik is a former U.S. Army officer from Donbas.

The Duran | Russia's sky campaign isolating Kiev and Odessa | Sept. 30, 2026

Source: The Duran youtube



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Russia is methodically isolating Kyiv, cutting Ukraine's ports, rail links, internet and communications in an air campaign Alexander compares to the 1991 bombing of Iraq. In this episode we discuss whether Zelensky's government could be forced to relocate to Western Ukraine, how Oreshnik missiles and FAB 9000 bunker busters could reach Kyiv's command centers, and why the West will pivot to demands for a no fly zone. With the midterms approaching and Pentagon voices urging restraint, will Trump pass the test or bow to the neocons once again?

The Duran: Episode 2636
00:00:00 Ukraine ports blockade and steel industry collapse
00:00:52 Russia's daily drone and missile barrage on Kyiv
00:01:49 Cutting Ukraine off from Europe by rail and road
00:02:48 Internet, data centers and Starlink targeted
00:03:50 Isolating Kyiv and the 1991 Iraq air campaign parallel
00:04:28 Will Zelensky's government relocate out of Kyiv
00:07:39 Railway strikes and the deep bunkers below Kyiv
00:08:40 Oreshnik, FAB 9000 and the bunker busting threat
00:10:32 The West's new narrative and no fly zone demands
00:13:04 Trump, the midterms and Pentagon restraint 

Alexander Mercouris | Trump Deploys Squadrons to Israel, Iran 'Doomsday' War Imminent | Sep. 29, 2026

Source: Danny Haiphong youtube, The Duran youtube, Alexander Mercouris youtube



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Geopolitical analyst and host of The Duran Alexander Mercouris discusses all signs pointing to a new round of war between the US & Israel against Iran as the Ukraine conflict reaches a breaking point for Trump & NATO, but not for the reasons you may think.