Description:
A week after Russia's nuclear warning over Kaliningrad, The Duran says the Baltic states are again planning a blockade, starting with the gas pipeline into the exclave. The episode covers Nikolai Patrushev's claim of a NATO blockade plan, the view in Lithuania and Estonia that NATO could defeat Russia in a week, and why Moscow will not retreat on Kaliningrad.
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
Episode 2189. Putin says the circus has left town but the clowns stayed behind, mocking Estonia's defense minister as Bloomberg reports that Trump told Zelensky to go to Moscow and meet Putin himself. Alex breaks down the EU's €6.6 billion European Peace Facility package, the scramble over the €90 billion loan, the Dobropillia encirclement Alexander Mercouris compares to Mariupol, CBS reports on Cuba, and Trump rejecting Iran's ceasefire offer over the Strait of Hormuz. Is the collective West now in full panic mode as Ukraine's economy and front lines give way?
Timeline:
00:00:00 Putin mocks Estonia's "clownery" at the United Cultures Forum
00:02:36 Putin on retaliation for the Wildberries and Ozon strikes
00:03:25 Putin on peace talks and claims of a threat to Europe
00:05:05 Trump's $400 million package and the EU's €6.6 billion
00:08:25 Bloomberg: Trump tells Zelensky to go to Moscow
00:10:34 Trump's handshake gesture at the UN
00:12:13 EU scrambles to frontload the €90 billion loan
00:14:45 Ukraine steel, locomotives, internet and Dobropillia
00:18:10 Cuba plans, Trump Xi talks and the Iran ceasefire rejection
00:22:51 Clown World: Amanpour, von der Leyen and multilateralism
