Description:
Garland Nixon talks with Andrei Martyanov about NATO weapons stocks and the collapse of the US industrial base. Martyanov says Washington cannot rebuild heavy industry or a working defense sector on a political timetable, and treats Trump's 2030 steel-mill pledge as empty.
They also cover Ukraine as a spent Western proxy, Russian manpower without a new mobilization, Iran after US pressure, and what a NATO war with Russia would mean for Western capitals.
Dismantling of Europe continues. Grandiose statements from Warsaw. Martyanov says Trump claimed a truce between Russia and Ukraine was coming because he said so, and that Russia then struck a major thermal power station in Ukraine.
Stanislav Krapivnik discusses Houthi advances in Yemen, strikes on Saudi airports and oil facilities, and whether the United States could open a new operation there. He questions what Pakistan and Turkey would do, compares the Geran-5 with American cruise missiles, and says a Trump energy deal with Russia will not hold while Europe stays tied to Russian fuel and BRICS has no military bloc.
Timeline:
00:00:00 Houthis Expand Their Control Across Yemen
00:03:08 Krapivnik Assesses Strikes Against Saudi Arabia
00:06:24 Krapivnik Questions Pakistan's Military Capabilities
00:09:15 Saudi Air Force Faces New Threats
00:12:43 U.S. Could Launch an Operation in Yemen
00:16:20 Krapivnik Considers the Use of Foreign Mercenaries
00:19:24 Trump Faces Military Industrial Challenges
00:22:25 Krapivnik Compares Geran-5 With American Missiles
00:25:52 Saudi Arabia Faces Growing Domestic Risks
00:29:27 Trump Discusses an Energy Deal With Russia
00:32:56 Europe Remains Dependent on Russian Energy
00:36:08 Krapivnik Examines Trump's Domestic Political Challenges
00:39:24 American Politics Sparks Growing Domestic Debate
00:42:38 Maritime Shipping Costs Continue to Rise
00:46:57 Krapivnik Explains the Limitations of BRICS
00:50:35 Russia and China Emerge as NATO Counterweights
00:53:44 European Politics Faces New Internal Divisions
Russia is selling the U.S. 300,000 tons of diesel fuel after a sanctions waiver to lift Trump's November electoral chances, infuriating Zelensky as Kiev suffers its most intense pounding. Trump says he won't hit Iran until after the election. And in the U.S. an execution victim awakes from a coma, while the government is planning to live-stream an execution by firing squad.
Alexander examines why the largest NATO military delegation in eight years made an unannounced trip to Kiev just as the Dnieper bridges go down and the front lines buckle at Dobropillia and Lyman. Drawing on a trusted source, Alexander explains why Russia is weakening the bridges rather than destroying them, how that links to rumors of General Surovikin's return, and what Peskov, Lavrov and Rubio saying talks are pointless means for the months ahead. If the generals came to Kiev to be told all is well, who is left to tell them the truth?
Timeline:
00:00:00 Introduction and Ukraine's cumulative crisis
00:01:46 NATO military delegation arrives in Kiev unannounced
00:06:25 Why the generals rushed: front lines are buckling
00:10:47 Wiesbaden headquarters and who really runs the campaign
00:14:41 Messages to Moscow and to Kiev
00:18:24 A tour of inspection to be reassured
00:23:47 Ukraine's drone strike on refineries and Yandex
00:27:52 Russian drones target SBU buildings in central Kiev
00:30:30 Dnieper bridges still out of operation
00:33:19 Rumors of General Surovikin's return
00:37:40 Source explains Russia's bridge strategy
00:45:22 Kiev substation and Kharkov power outages
00:49:29 Oreshnik, Yuzhmash and the buried Neptune project
00:54:55 Dobropillia cauldron tightens
00:56:53 Operation Vivaldi stalls near Lyman
01:00:43 Kharkov and Zaporozhye offensives continue
01:02:20 Will winter slow the Russian advance
01:09:17 France protests and Europe's economic stress
01:13:38 Yemen, Saudi Arabia and oil supply fears
01:16:58 Peskov, Lavrov and Rubio rule out talks; no Trump Putin call
All 32 NATO military chiefs just made a rushed trip to Kiev, and Alex explains why that signals panic as Operation Vivaldi fizzles near Lyman and the front line keeps slipping. Alex breaks down the reported Witkoff, Kushner and Dmitriev plan for the United States to run Russian gas through Nord Stream to Germany, Russia's new Rassvet rival to Starlink, the Houthis closing in on Taiz while blasts hit Riyadh, and Marco Rubio's Acropolis speech in Athens. With Trump weighing strikes on Iran, how much longer can the collective West hold all of this together?
Timeline:
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:18 NATO military chiefs make rushed trip to Kiev
00:03:15 All 32 NATO representatives meet Syrskyi
00:06:12 Operation Vivaldi fizzles near Lyman
00:08:29 NATO drone and AI plan for the eastern flank
00:10:15 Ukraine drone strike on Yandex data center
00:12:09 US plan to run Russian gas through Nord Stream
00:15:39 Trump and Putin birthday call does not happen
00:16:04 Rassvet, Russia's rival to Starlink
00:18:56 Houthis close in on Taiz as Riyadh is hit
00:21:48 Trump weighs strikes on Iran
00:24:14 US 10 year yield tops 5.35 percent
00:24:49 Rubio's Acropolis speech and Greece deals
00:28:55 South Korea recalls ambassador to Ukraine
00:29:51 Clown World: Lithuania sends 100 soldiers to Kaliningrad border
Trump tells a Nebraska crowd that losing Los Angeles or San Diego would be a small price to pay to stop Iran getting nuclear weapons, and Alex breaks down the remark alongside a bleak Financial Times report on Odessa and Project Ukraine. From 650 drones launched toward Moscow and Ukraine's vanishing locomotives to Germany's talk of conscription, a Merz and Macron trade kill switch for Brussels, and the so called Muslim NATO activating against the Houthis, the collective West looks increasingly rattled.
Timeline:
00:00:00 Trump: Let them take out Los Angeles
00:03:10 Ukraine launches 650 drones toward Moscow
00:05:06 Financial Times bleak report from Odessa
00:06:45 Ukraine running out of locomotives
00:08:10 Kiev data center goes offline
00:08:58 Pompeo and the Siberia outbreak narrative
00:10:55 Rada to remove NATO from Ukraine constitution
00:12:35 Wadephul on conscription and Lavrov meeting
00:15:30 German spy chief warns of conflict with Russia
00:18:30 Merz and Macron want EU trade kill switch
00:21:15 Muslim NATO activated against Houthis
00:23:40 Protests in France spread to Belgium
00:24:50 US trade deficit hits 17 month high
00:25:45 Clown World: Telegraph on Russian spies in Finland
00:29:45 Stubb blames Russia for Spain migrant crisis
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
Description:
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
Description:
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
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.
Ian Proud is a former British diplomat, holding a number of roles, including the Economic Counsellor at the UK's embassy in Moscow between 2014 and 2019.
Description:
Ambassador Chas Freeman was a former Assistant Secretary of Defense, earning the highest public service awards of the Department of Defense for his roles in designing a NATO-centred post-Cold War European security system and in reestablishing defence and military relations with China. He served as U. S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia during operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.
Alexander Mercouris, episode 2029, on strikes that cut Kiev's internet and its rail link to Poland, the fronts at Dobropillia, Orikhiv and Kharkov, Lavrov ruling out a ceasefire, and Xi Jinping's welcome in the US.
Timeline:
00:00:00 Why Ukraine remains the key story
00:01:20 Daylight Geran strikes target Kiev's rail link to Poland
00:05:25 Overnight Iskander and Zircon strikes on Kiev
00:07:12 Data centers hit and Kiev's internet goes dark
00:08:58 Where are Kiev's air defenses
00:13:22 Did Kiev switch off its own internet
00:16:02 Starlink complex hit and fewer Ukrainian drones
00:17:43 Test runs for isolating Kiev
00:21:30 Strikes beyond Kiev and Russia's new light cruise missiles
00:26:19 Dobropillia cauldron and the push north
00:31:34 Orikhiv encirclement and the road to Zaporozhye
00:36:10 Kharkov cauldron split apart
00:40:14 Lyman rumors versus reality
00:47:10 Why Deep State maps mislead the West
00:50:16 Zelensky in New York and the ceasefire push
00:57:38 Lavrov meets an inactive Rubio
01:00:42 Lavrov rules out any ceasefire before a settlement
01:08:38 Xi at Andrews and the Anchorage echo
01:13:56 Why a US China trade truce won't hold
01:20:38 Europe's panic and Ukraine's winter crisis
Description:
Hundreds of Russian Geran drones swept over Kiev in broad daylight, and Alexander explains why the Kiev railway station and its rail link to Poland are the real targets. Alexander breaks down the Dobropillia cauldron, Russia's new strategy of trapping Ukrainian garrisons, the stalled Lyman counteroffensive, Europe's growing panic, and why the Trump Zelensky meeting at the UN General Assembly produced nothing. Is Russia preparing to cut Kiev off from the West this winter?
Episode 2028
00:00:00 Massive daylight Geran drone swarm over Kiev
00:04:01 Three theories behind the daylight timing
00:06:29 Why daylight means better accuracy for guided Gerans
00:10:25 Europe gripped by unprecedented panic
00:16:25 Europe pleads for a ceasefire on current lines
00:19:40 Macron and Zelensky float an energy ceasefire at the UN
00:23:55 Kiev railway station hit again
00:26:08 Russia moves to cut Kiev's rail link to Poland
00:31:13 Why Western embassies should heed the warning
00:34:32 Trump Zelensky meeting falls flat
00:36:21 Zelensky's Patriot PAC 3 blueprint fantasy
00:42:53 Lavrov meets Rubio as Graham sanctions gather dust
00:44:11 Trump Xi summit and a US China trade truce
00:46:39 Mearsheimer on Russian anger over Anchorage
00:51:14 The Valdai strike and Russia's implacable turn
00:53:54 Strikes across Ukraine and a FAB 3000 near Orekhov
00:55:17 Dobropillia cauldron holds as counterattack fails
00:59:18 Russia's new cauldron strategy: trap and destroy
01:06:25 Lyman counteroffensive reality check
01:14:10 Iran talks, Trump's UN speech and the winter ahead
