Description:
Alexander Mercouris on CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s Moscow visit, Russia rejecting Western pleas for a Ukraine truce, and the battle for Slavyansk.
Timeline:
00:00:00 Introduction Focus on Ratcliffe's Moscow Visit
00:02:47 The Official Semi Routine Cover Story
00:07:36 Was This Really About Iran
00:10:40 The Baltic States Attack Theory Debunked
00:12:29 The Real Reason Ukraine Is Collapsing
00:15:26 The CIA Is Running the War in Ukraine
00:20:30 Why So Many Cover Stories Are Being Spread
00:21:20 The Vatican Secretary of State Also Went to Moscow
00:24:39 Witkoff and Kushner Sidelined by the Russians
00:26:33 The Donbass Buffer Zone Proposal Explained
00:28:31 Putin and Lavrov Refuse to Meet Ratcliffe
00:35:19 Threats Bribes and the Car Bomb in St Petersburg
00:40:01 Massive Russian Strike Hits Kiev and Odessa
00:45:12 Zelensky's Fabricated Zaporizhzhia Video Exposed
00:51:16 Gerasimov Briefs on the Battle for Slavyansk
00:58:45 Azov Commanders Appointed to Defend Donbass
01:03:55 Ukrainian Counterattack Near Lyman Fails
01:08:01 Russia Enters the Middle Game of the War