Alexander Mercouris | Russia Closes Orekhov Trap; Tusk Admits Ukraine Loses 27K Each Month; US Diesel Export Ban Shocks EU | Sep. 18, 2026

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Alexander Mercouris on Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s admission that Ukraine is losing 27,000 men a month, the closing Russian trap around Orikhiv, and a looming US diesel export ban for Europe.

Timeline:
00:00:00 Mercouris opens with a travel note before today's program
00:01:31 Tusk admits Ukraine is losing 27000 a month
00:02:16 The number lines up with Putin and contradicts Zelensky's own claims
00:03:27 Why Tusk may have revealed this ahead of his trip to Kyiv
00:06:38 Mercouris doubts this is a sudden spike in losses
00:09:59 How the 27000 figure matches a source Mercouris trusted a year ago
00:11:35 Ukraine's manpower crisis and tightening conscription in Kyiv and Lviv
00:14:46 The Silsky and Fedorov clash over drones versus conscription
00:16:48 Fedorov's drone offensive failed to deliver and drained the budget
00:23:16 Ukraine's growing reliance on foreign mercenaries from Latin America
00:29:18 The Russian drone and missile offensive intensifies and becomes routine
00:31:54 Why Mercouris calls the Geran 5 a cruise missile rather than a drone
00:42:58 Ukraine admits the Zatoka bridge is badly damaged and closed
00:47:25 Up to 500 Ukrainian locomotives destroyed
00:48:07 Russian Duma elections underway as the economy stays stable
00:59:58 Growing skepticism as the Lyman counteroffensive stalls
01:05:08 Russia closes the trap around the Ukrainian garrison in Orikhiv
01:14:56 Russians retake Zoloti Kolodyazi as southern Donbas defenses collapse
01:24:36 Kushner's odd account of Putin's Donbas timeline
01:27:47 A looming US diesel export ban threatens a dreadful winter for Europe

John Mearsheimer | Ukraine May Cease to Exist — The Coming Ugly Victory | Sept. 18, 2026

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Prof. John Mearsheimer is the R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor in the Political Science Department at the University of Chicago.

Scott Ritter & Stanislav Krapivnik | NATO 3.0? New and Improved or Empty and Collapsing? | Sept. 17, 2026

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What is NATO 3.0? Is this a reboot or a failed compile? Is this failure mascaraeding behind a PR Puff piece by Rutte? On whose money and with whose soldier will NATO 3.0 be launched?

Larry C. Johnson | Russia Warns It Expects War with Europe | Sept. 17, 2026

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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.

Alexander Mercouris | Russia Massive Missile Strike; All Missiles Hit Targets; China India Reject US Sanctions; Lyman Fail | Sep. 17, 2026

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Russia unleashed one of its most powerful missile and drone strikes yet on Ukraine overnight, hitting Kiev, Odessa and Zaporizhzhia while wiping out key bridges and leaving Ukraine's air defense in near total collapse. 

Alexander Mercouris on why China and India are openly defying the new US sanctions bill, why Volodymyr Zelensky just sanctioned his own former spokeswoman for suggesting peace talks, and what the stalled Ukrainian offensive near Lyman really means for the war.

Timeline:
00:00:00 Massive Russian Missile And Drone Strike Overnight
00:01:37 Kiev Zaporizhzhia Odessa And Black Sea Ports Hit
00:03:09 Ships Smuggling Weapons Into Odessa Attacked
00:05:56 Zatoka And Mayaki Bridges Knocked Out
00:09:14 Warehouses Data Center And Drone Storage Destroyed
00:10:24 Energy Grid Still Spared Bigger Campaign Coming
00:11:40 Rasvet Satellite System Speculation
00:15:24 Russian Strike Tempo Accelerating Every Few Days
00:17:40 Ukrainian Air Defense In Total Collapse
00:22:10 Greece Refuses To Hand Over Air Defense Missiles
00:26:48 Did Diplomacy Delay Russias Offensive
00:37:07 Ukraine Strikes Rostov Air Base
00:41:18 Yaroslavl Refinery Hit Trump Blames Ukraine For Diesel Crisis
00:47:07 Russian Strikes Gut Ukraine Warehouses And Locomotives
00:53:12 Ukraine Demands Another 50 Billion Euros
00:55:44 Zelensky Sanctions Critic Julia Mendel
01:05:55 Sanctions Bill Passes China And India Defy It
01:15:28 Front Line Update Dorop Kharkov Lyman And Russian Elections

Pepe Escobar | Saudi Arabia Is Boxed In.The Yemen Intel They Won't Reveal.Yemen Put Saudi on Back Foot | Sept. 17, 2026

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Iran holds the Strait of Hormuz. Yemen’s forces now hold the Bab al-Mandab. Saudi Arabia is boxed in on both coasts — and Transition Protocol says it knows why Yemen went all-in.

Recorded after midnight in Moscow, Pepe Escobar and Zulfiqar Ali (Mr. Z) break down five interlocking developments: the quiet understanding between Ansarallah and the White House behind Trump’s “the Houthis called us”; CENTCOM commander Adm. Brad Cooper’s meeting with MBS in Jeddah; the postponed Iran–Gulf Hormuz talks that Iran blames on Riyadh; the UAE’s surprise BRICS sit-down with President Pezeshkian; and Iranian FM Abbas Araghchi’s talks with Wang Yi in Beijing.

The hosts also say they hold information — which they say was confirmed at senior levels in Tehran and Islamabad — explaining the ferocity of Yemen’s offensive. They explain on air why they are not releasing the details yet.

Also: diesel at the $9.99 pump limit in California, who turned down MBS’s requests for help, Yemen’s next moves on Taiz and Marib, and Pepe Escobar’s scenarios for Saudi Arabia.

Guest statements about sources, intelligence and future events are the speakers’ own reporting and analysis and are labelled as such on screen.

Support independent analysis: subscribe to Transition Protocol on Substack (same name). New: Friday Fire with Pepe Escobar, every Friday. 

Alex Christoforou | Saudi Blocks Oil, Zelensky Escapes Drone Strikes as Canada Enters EU | Sept. 16, 2026

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Europe is cracking down hard as Ursula von der Leyen unveils a sweeping new Act to police social media, right as Saudi Arabia abruptly cuts oil shipments and leaves the EU scrambling for energy. Alex breaks down Zelensky's latest drone claims, Denmark's tense standoff with a Russian warship and why Germany is secretly funding Ukraine's arsenal behind closed doors. Is Brussels really stronger than ever, or is the whole union quietly falling apart?

Episode 2179
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:25 Ursula von der Leyen delivers the State of the Union
00:04:08 EU adopts a NATO style Article Four
00:04:32 Kids Act details and social media restrictions
00:06:00 Canada offered associate EU membership
00:07:43 Saudi Arabia halts oil shipments to Europe
00:10:01 Libya shuts down three major oil fields
00:11:18 United States may ban diesel exports
00:14:57 UK weighs joining the fight against the Houthis
00:15:34 CBS photos reveal Iran strike damage on US bases
00:17:48 CBS interviews Zelensky on alleged drone attacks
00:20:07 Zelensky explains why Ukraine avoids elections
00:24:26 Ukraine foreign minister requests locomotives
00:25:20 Denmark and Russia clash over a helicopter incident
00:27:44 Sikorski claims and Russia's response on Poland
00:29:38 Merz cancels his New York trip and Kissinger Award
00:31:02 Germany's secret unit funding Ukraine weapons revealed
00:34:41 Ed Sheeran loses his band and opening acts
00:37:49 Clown world Stubb Merz axe photo and Yermak's bracelet
00:43:04 Clown world Kallas fields a Putin phone call question

Alexander Mercouris | Russia Smashes Zatoka Bridge Tightens Dobropilia Cauldron Repels Lyman Attack; CDU Plots Merz Ouster | Sept. 16, 2026

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Russia has struck the Zatoka Bridge linking Odessa to Romania while grinding forward at Orikhiv and closing the Dobropillya cauldron on Sloviansk. Alexander breaks down the disputed Lyman counteroffensive claims, the mounting pressure on Ukraine's budget and why 78 percent of Germans now want Friedrich Merz to resign. With the CDU plotting his ouster and Russia's new jet powered drones going unanswered, is the war entering its most decisive phase yet?

Episode 2020
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:06 Russian drone and missile strikes resume on Kiev
00:01:40 Reports the Zatoka Bridge to Romania has been destroyed
00:04:37 Ukrainian drone strikes on Russia drop sharply
00:07:56 Russian recon drones signal a major strike is coming
00:09:24 Orikhiv nears total collapse under Russian assault
00:16:16 Russians storm Dobropillya to encircle Sloviansk
00:20:08 Azov commander Prokopenko's troubled battlefield history
00:22:15 Rybar reports Ukrainian collapse in northeastern Kharkiv
00:23:29 Ukraine claims a counteroffensive breakthrough near Lyman
00:29:12 Mercouris questions the scale of Ukraine's Lyman claims
00:36:17 Biletsky's Azov offensive looks politically motivated
00:49:28 Russia's jet powered Geran drones have no Western answer
00:53:29 Russia mass produces the new Dan T cruise missile
00:59:56 Ukraine admits it can no longer fund its own budget
01:00:56 Belgian court ruling shakes frozen Russian asset seizure plans
01:08:05 Poll finds 78 percent of Germans want Merz to resign
01:10:26 CDU faces collapse in the Mecklenburg Vorpommern election
01:18:27 Middle East turmoil deepens the global energy crisis
01:24:41 Congress pushes bone crushing Russia sanctions bill

Prof. Jeffrey Sachs | BRICS Builds a New World - Without the West | Sept. 17, 2026

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Prof. Jeffrey Sachs discusses the rise and fall of Western dominance, and how BRICS is building a new world.

The Duran | Putin, Xi and Modi Unite Against US Sanctions | Sept. 16, 2026

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The BRICS summit in India just delivered its biggest breakthrough in years, with BRICS Pay set to challenge the dollar and reshape global trade. In this episode we break down how Modi brought Putin, Xi Jinping and the rest of BRICS together after a stalled year, why frozen Russian assets and Western sanctions are pushing the Global South toward de dollarization, and how Iran and Brazil fit into the new picture.

The Duran: Episode 2624
00:00:00 Introduction to the BRICS summit results
00:00:31 Massive BRICS declaration and BRICS Pay announced
00:01:30 Recap of the stalled BRICS momentum since Kazan 2024
00:03:02 Brazil's wobbling and a lost year for BRICS
00:03:49 Modi's skillful chairing brings all leaders together
00:04:51 Digital currencies and payment systems progress quietly
00:06:16 China to take BRICS presidency next year
00:07:19 Trump could have ended dollar weaponization instead
00:08:03 Iran's shifting commitment to BRICS
00:09:22 Why US sanctions on Russia and Iran will never be lifted 

Douglas Macgregor | Ukraine Endgame Is Here — West Will Fragment | Sept. 16, 2026

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Douglas Macgregor is a retired Colonel, combat veteran, and former senior advisor to the U.S. Secretary of Defense. 

Andrei Martyanov | Memories and War | Sep. 15, 2026

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Andrei Martyanov on how people remember and act on memories of war. Music by Anton Ovcharenko.

Alexander Mercouris | Russia Breakthrough Orekhov Falls; Trump Energy Truce Claim Ridiculed; Kiev Crisis Resumes EU Splits | Sep. 15, 2026

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Alexander Mercouris on Ukrainian forces withdrawing from Orekhov, a collapse that could open the road toward Zaporizhzhia, hours after Donald Trump claimed Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an energy ceasefire. Mercouris walks through denials from Moscow and Kiev, corruption scandals in the Ukrainian leadership, and an EU split over rolling over Russia sanctions.

Timeline:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:35 Ukrainian forces reportedly withdraw from Orikhiv
00:01:09 Rybar's account of the withdrawal
00:03:46 Villages north of Orikhiv fall, cutting the escape road
00:07:02 Why Orikhiv matters for the road to Zaporizhzhia and Crimea
00:11:49 Trump claims a Russia Ukraine energy truce
00:12:37 Skepticism sets in as Kyiv denies any agreement
00:15:13 Peskov's denial exposes Trump's claim
00:16:33 Ben Aris on Ukraine's unsustainable warehouse losses
00:23:39 Zelensky sanctions his own former spokeswoman Yulia Mendel
00:26:36 A deadly gunfight between Ukrainian intelligence services
00:28:23 The Kravchenko prosecutor general scandal and fake call centers
00:33:49 Mercouris on the real story behind Ukraine's turf wars
00:38:06 Europe splits over rolling over Russia sanctions
00:41:00 Petraeus says he witnessed the railway strike and found it terrifying
00:43:06 The hypocrisy behind coverage of the Krasnodar strikes
00:44:01 Debunking the myth of Putin's Italian palace

Lt. Col. Anthony Aguilar | Yemeni Missile Hit on Sharorah Airport; Gulf States Brace for Fallout | Sept. 15, 2026

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Dialogue Works discusses: Lt. Col. Anthony Aguilar: Yemeni Missile Hit on Sharorah Airport; Gulf States Brace for Fallout. 

The Duran | Russia Begins To Isolate Kiev. Elites Rattled as Rail Link Hit | Sept. 14, 2026

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Trump publicly blames Zelensky for the diesel price shortage even though he personally authorized the strikes on Russian oil refineries that caused it. In this episode we break down how the failed Ukrainian drone offensive, Eric Schmidt's grim admission that Kiev is losing the war, and new Russian strikes on the Kiev to Poland rail line all point toward Russia tightening its grip on the Ukrainian capital much like it did in Odessa. Is Washington preparing to abandon Kiev, or will the pressure for escalation from Sikorski, Rutte and Schmidt win out?

Timeline:
00:00:00 Trump blames Zelensky for the diesel price shortage
00:01:26 Why diesel prices matter to the global economy
00:02:40 Trump grows frustrated after a year of escalation pressure
00:04:30 How the deep strikes campaign against Russia was built since 2023
00:05:53 The Russian economy fails to collapse despite the drone offensive
00:08:30 Russia starts striking the Kiev to Poland rail link
00:11:01 Trump wants Zelensky to halt strikes and save the ceasefire
00:14:50 Washington's blame war between escalation and deal factions
00:18:08 Strike hits the train station as Western officials travel to Kiev
00:20:50 Russia's strategy to gradually isolate and cut off Kiev
00:24:32 The precision strike and the evolution of Russian drone guidance
00:30:31 Russia ends its informal agreement on Western train travel
00:33:57 Comparing Kiev's fate to the fall of Odessa
00:37:48 Sikorski, Rutte and the growing chorus demanding escalation

Alastair Crooke | Moscow Impressions; Houthis Triumphant | Sept. 14, 2026

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Judge Napolitano - Judging Freedom discusses: Alastair Crooke : Moscow Impressions; Houthis Triumphant. 

Paranormal Research Paul Stonehill | Dark, Strange Forests: Those Who Vanish in Russia… | Sept. 14, 2026

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Paul Stonehill looks at Russian forests and wetlands where people vanish: Shushmore and its rumored pagan sanctuary, the Lyadsky devil's ravine in Pskov, Karelian woods, the Cherepovets marshes, and Myasnoy Bor.

Also covered: Devil's Lake and its appearing island, the Seven Ravines of Tambov, the Sheksna water triangle, and the Nikitinskaya zone in Kaluga — local legend mixed with swamp gas, tectonic faults, and wartime graves. 

Alexander Mercouris | Russia Acts to Cut Off Kiev; Geran Hits Train With West Officials; Kiev Station Shakes; BRICS Advance | Sep. 13, 2026

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Alexander Mercouris on Russia's Geran strike on a train carrying Western officials in Kiev, Eric Schmidt's warning on Ukraine, and Putin, Modi and Xi at the BRICS summit in Delhi.

Timeline:
00:00:00 Russian strategy to isolate Kiev from the West
00:02:02 Massive Geran drone attack, nearly 1000 drones launched
00:02:36 Geran drones operate near Belarus using repeater stations
00:06:32 Evidence Geran 2 drones now modified with ground control
00:06:57 Russians strike locomotive of train carrying Western dignitaries
00:08:48 Travel to Kiev becoming increasingly unsafe for Western officials
00:11:30 Russians edging closer to shutting down the Kiev Poland railway
00:12:55 Return of the older Geran 2 drone explained
00:16:50 Ukraine's costly interceptor drone program becomes obsolete
00:27:15 Eric Schmidt's Washington Post op-ed on Ukraine's outlook
00:36:05 Pushback on the narrative that Russia cannot innovate
00:37:48 Kushner and Witkoff deliver Russia's withdrawal terms to Zelensky
00:39:55 Talk of October trilateral talks between Russia Ukraine and the US
00:44:31 Zelensky's delusional comments on Ukraine joining NATO
00:46:52 Putin warns European troops in Ukraine means war with Russia
00:47:39 Zelensky hopes to meet Putin at the G20 in Miami
00:59:19 Battlefield update, Russians retake ground near Dobropillya
01:04:43 Russian advances continue in Kharkov and Zaporizhzhia
01:13:58 BRICS summit in Delhi restores harmony between Putin Modi and Xi
01:26:52 German poll shows 78 percent want Chancellor Merz to resign

M.K. Bhadrakumar | Putin Treated Like a Rockstar in India | Sep. 13, 2026

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Ambassador M.K. Bhadrakumar, a former Indian diplomat, talks with Glenn Diesen about the BRICS summit in India, Putin's reception, and India-Russia relations.

Alex Christoforou | Russia Smashes Petrol Stations. Putin, 'You Got What You Asked For' | Sep. 13, 2026

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Alex Christoforou on Russia's 800-drone strike on Ukraine petrol stations and rail, Putin's warning that European gas could hit $1500 this winter, Zelensky's Patriot pitch, and Jared Kushner's claim that a Donbas peace deal is already agreed.

Timeline:
00:00:00 Putin's old gas price warning to Europe replayed
00:00:52 Russia launches a massive 800 drone strike on Ukraine
00:01:25 Drones hit petrol stations and rail infrastructure across Ukraine
00:05:04 Reuters reports Ukraine going broke ahead of a harsh winter
00:06:56 Ukraine faces a 40 billion Black Sea blockade
00:09:59 Ukraine seeks 90 billion dollars to repair energy infrastructure
00:11:36 Zelensky posts Patriot interceptor math on X
00:15:01 EU pressures member states to hand over Patriot systems
00:16:11 BRICS Pay expands as India joins the system
00:17:39 Putin warns European gas prices could hit 1500 dollars this winter
00:22:11 Kushner says a Donbass peace deal is largely agreed
00:26:04 Houthis seize Mocha and the Bab el Mandeb Strait
00:30:54 Carney pushes to make Canada an associate EU member
00:36:35 Sweden holds elections between globalist left and right
00:39:00 Clown World