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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's warning as Russia expands its use of faster Geran-4 drones and Geran-5 weapons. Zelenskyy warns that the threat could extend beyond Ukraine and urges Donald Trump to use the sanctions powers in the Lindsey Graham Act to increase pressure on Russia. Ben breaks down the new weapons, the risk to Europe, and what Zelenskyy says could happen if Russia faces no stronger response. Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast Cult Conversations: The Influence Continuum with Dr. Steve Hassan: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show The Ken Harbaugh Show: https://meidasnews.com/tag/the-ken-harbaugh-show Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Enzelinsky's also warning that if Donald Trump doesn't implement the sanctions package that was passed by Congress in the past two weeks, it requires implementation that this already, ex-istentially difficult winter for Ukraine is only going to get more difficult, and it's not going to stop at Ukraine. That this war could spread to the rest of Europe very soon. Let's take a look at what's happened over the past 24 hours in this catastrophic war in Ukraine by Russia. We'll talk about the Russian strikes in Ukraine. We'll talk about Ukraine strikes in Russia. One of those strikes very close to the Belarus border. We'll show you what went down over there. And Donald Trump promised he was going to end this war in 24 hours after the election. This war is getting far more deadly, far more catastrophic also. Donald Trump is blaming all of the world's oil crises and shortages

on this catastrophic war right now and saying, that's what's the main driver of diesel and gas surging. Nothing to do with the catastrophic war in Iran. By the way, that's not true. But in any event, you, Donald, said you would end the war in 24 hours in Ukraine with your magic words, more lies. So in the past 24 hours, 277 drone attacks launched by Russia against Ukraine with these jet-powered drones, these guarantors. Also, the guarantive cruise missiles we saw were used by Russia. In Kiev, we saw repeated drone strikes. There were multiple people injured and killed. In Sumi, we saw two to three people killed in Karkev and Zapprecia. About seven people killed combined in Odessa. Ukraine, there was a mass strike on port and civilian infrastructure there. In Donesk, there was three killed, five injured.

And then in the Deney provost, Oblast, two killed, six injured. Anywhere from about on the low end, eight, probably more like 14, 15, Ukrainians killed and about 50 to 57 injured. Then Ukraine's strikes, there was an oil refinery in Krasnodar, Kri, an azov optical mechanical plant still on fire from the strike a few days back. In the Krasnodar region, Russian authorities claims Ukrainian drones killed three people. Then in the occupied area in Zapprecia, Ukrainian drones were led to kill one civilian and two others potentially over there. So let me show you what went down. This video has just surfaced of what appears to be a Ukrainian drone attack on a Russian logistics truck right by the Russia Belarus border. But obviously in the Krasnaya common Russia area, take a look for yourself of what went down here.

Let's play this clip. Now I'll show you a Russian Garen-5 cruise missile entering into an uncontrolled spin mid flight. And I think I'm looking at it right now. It looks to be a five, but you know the Garen-4 is the drone, the five is the cruise. You tell me what you think this is, but in any event, take a look at what just took place. Let's play it.

Thank you. I'm going to go. And now I'll show you this footage right here of a Ukrainian Air Force MIG-29 Fulcrum scoring a gun kill with its 30 millimeter auto cannon on a Russian Shaheed attack drone over Odessa. You can see this for yourself. Let's play this clip. Now it's also notable some of the technological advancements that we're seeing in the Russian military.

The Russian military is now capable of acquiring real-time high quality BDA of its strikes with these Garen-type cruise missiles in downtown Kiev. In the footage below, we can see the moment of a Russian strike with a Garen-5 cruise missile on the income business center located in the Solominski district of the Ukrainian capital. The attack is monitored from a Russian UAV, possibly Gerbera-type equipped with an HD camera. You can see that over there. Also, the Russians have begun using a new modification of the Garen-5 jet UAV, which has received an autonomous optical navigation system and a modified fuselage design. UAV is equipped with an optoelectronic correction system that allows it to navigate using images of the Earth's surface. That's why you're seeing these more lethal strikes. The Garen-5, the Garen-4 are very difficult. The Garen-5, you really can't strike down at all,

unless you have Patriot or Fat Interceptors, which Solominski doesn't have. The Garen-4 drones, these jet-fueled Shaheed upgrades basically, 51% interception rate. I think it's actually less than that. You can see right here in Kiev and the Von Hardar region right there. You can see for yourself what the strikes look like there. We've got the footage that I played at the outset as well from the Stolini Chi market, one of these Garen-4s look like it struck two dead ten-injure there. I'll show you over here more strikes in Kiev. See what this looks like, more strikes over here as well. Here's the message from Solinsky and the warning. Today alone and in Kiev alone, Russian jet-powered drones have anguished, killed two kindergarteners and two schools. An ordinary residential building and auto repair shop, several warehouses and communications facilities. Anywhere in the world,

this choice of targets would be called one word terrorism. Russia has no military objective, whatsoever in doing this. Solinsky says, it is purely an attempt to break people and inflict as much harm as possible in our society. Tragically, there are people killed, my condolences to their families and loved ones. Dozens of people were injured overall since yesterday. The Russians have used 277 attack drones of various types. 155 of them jet-powered among the damaged sites is also a building used as the residence of the Saudi Arabian ambassador in the Deneepro region. A sports school is among the damaged facilities in the Sumi region, the building of a regional children's home is damaged. If Russia were truly preparing for any real steps towards de-escalation, as it claims particularly to the American negotiators, this wave of Shaheed terror would not be happening and we need to take a sober view of the situation. Russia knows how to send the kind of

encouraging diplomatic signals that the world simply wants to hear and knows how to send such signals in order to delay tough steps by the world in response to the war. In America, the important Lindsey Graham sanctions in Tower of Sla has already reached the implementation stage. It is a law that can change a lot for the better if fully implemented. This law needs to be implemented and everyone in the world can see that there is every reason to apply it and a clear purpose for doing so. We are counting on effective decisions from the world and stronger pressure from our partners so that Russia sees that manipulating diplomatic signals will not allow it to keep winning more and more time for war and terror. It is important that our partners in the G7 and G20 also take a principled stance. Well, I don't think that Donald Trump is going to be implementing these sanctions. I think that is pretty clear. As I've said before, Donald Trump is obligated under the

Constitution to take care of that laws are faithfully executed, but our Constitution is based on good faith and taking care of that law gets implemented by the executive. Donald Trump is not going to do that. So he just views it as a piece of paper and he has not implemented the sanctions, which was one of the reasons that I said what's really the point of it. He's not going to ever implement it. And it also sends a message to the world that he's weak and he's pathetic and he will not actually do what the Congress says. Regardless of what your view is, I think it's an undeniable fact these week. New sanctions packages are being prepared. Good luck with those being implemented. And then Zolinsky further says, next year Russia plans to spend $12 billion on the production of jet-powered drones and loitering munitions. Of course, this is not only about Ukraine. Ukraine's interception rate for jet-powered Shaheds is now 55%. In September, the Russians launched

more than 2,730 jet-powered Shaheds and more than 1,500 were shot down or suppressed. Unfortunately, a significant share still reached their targets, but step by step, we in Ukraine will build up our defenses to a level no lower than what we already had against the regular Shaheds, more than 90% of which get down. So originally, it was 90% than these new jet-fueled, it's 51%, I think it's actually less than that. Other notable developments that we need to point out. US ambassador to Greece and former fiancee of Don Jr. Kimberly Gilfoyle allegedly admitted in an interview for a Greek publication that the US was behind the collapse of the Romanian government because of its refusal to purchase US gas at above market prices and I'll get into some of the links to Russia here in a moment. The US ambassador to Greece, Kimberly Gilfoyle,

close to Trump allegedly stated that the US was involved in the dismissal of the Bolagian government, the former Prime Minister of Romania, according to the Wall Street Journal, quote, we can do this to any country we want. We can do this in Greece too. Bolagian opposed the vertical gas corridor strongly promoted by the US ambassador to Greece, Don Jr.'s ex-girlfriend, Kimberly Gilfoyle. Now here's video that shows Kimberly Gilfoyle, the US ambassador to Greece and former fiancee of Donald Trump Jr. meeting privately with the leaders of Romania's Social Democratic Party in March 31st in a Bucharest hotel. Just six days later, the social democrats allied with the pro-Russian extremists from AUR, um, fill a filed emotion that collapsed the Bolagian Romanian government, which strongly opposed purchasing US gas at above market prices

in a Wall Street Journal article yesterday, sources present a meeting between a Greek minister and Gilfoyle stating that she bragged about having collapsed the Romanian government for its refusal to buy US gas warning, the US can do this to whoever they want to do it to, and it's notable that you have that link right there between the AUR Russian, more Russian sympathetic party that ultimately took down the Romanian government. Now Donald Trump yesterday was saying that the main reason for the surge in diesel and gas is because of what's happening in Ukraine right now and Ukraine strikes in Russia, targeting refineries there. Yes, well, first off, it's because your catastrophic war in Iran is the main reason, but certainly what's happening in the escalation in Ukraine and Russia is certainly adding to the higher diesel prices for sure, but you promise

that you would solve this in 2024, that's what you told voters. So I'm not sure why you think this somehow helps your argument. To me, it shows that not only did you start the catastrophic war in Iran, but you lied to everybody when you said you'd be able to stop the war in Ukraine in 24 hours. Here's what Trump said, you can listen for yourself, let's play this clip. The big problem is the refineries in Russia are being blown up. This isn't really a Middle Eastern problem, this is more of a Russia problem, that Ukraine and Russia are going at it, and Ukraine is blowing up diesel refineries in Russia because they do a lot of the refining. So this one's an interesting one indeed, and I spoke to President Zelensky, I said, you got to take it easier in the refineries this much. He said, well, we'll probably do that. And then similarly, you had the Trump bootleckers like Magna Republican Congress member Van Orden, he was saying this yesterday, you can see for yourself, let's play this clip. Yeah, in your constituents, as we talked about, there are a lot of our farmers and a lot of our

paying the price for the Iran war. I mean, diesel prices in Wisconsin are up more than a dollar compared to just last month's congressman, and more than $3 compared to this time last year. Are you okay with your constituents eating the cost from this war? Well, Monty, it's much more nuanced than that. You got to remember, there's a massive spike in diesel prices as soon as Russia invaded Ukraine due to Joe Biden's strategic weakness. But in the last month, it's gone about a dollar down refineries across the country. We have multiple blue states of shut refineries down across the country. That's leading to an increase in this also. And there's just thank God the diesel plant refineries just reopened in Illinois. We've had two of our refineries, and then they'd west shut down recently, one just open again. That's leading to a spike in these. And then finally, there's another event that has a major red flag. Donald Trump's former lawyer, Alina Haba, who represented him in the E. Jean Carroll case, which resulted in a defamation verdict against Donald Trump for over $85 or

it was like $90 million. And she, I guess, was also pretending to be the United States attorney in New Jersey for a period of time in this regime. Well, she just married a Turkish billionaire, Turan Mildin, a trust fund, 29 year old. They had a $10 million wedding. But take a look at this. There was somebody there named Ali Abdala Zeez, who manages a lot of Russian, Belarusian and Chechen MMA fighters, including Komsmat Chameyev, who is close to Kod Yurav. Alba Zazayez was an FBI informant until the bureau dropped him because they suspect they suspected he was a double agent. But then you have photos of him next to Cash Patel, the FBI director on the far right, who's apparently okay with all of this. As we know about Don Jr.'s wedding, as well, where funded by a Russian oligarch or partially funded

by a Russian oligarch. So, can Tina's for counterintelligence against the United States as Michael Weiss puts it right there. Let me know what you think. Hit subscribe. Let's get to 7 million subscribers. Thanks for watching, everybody. Before you go, our book WTF America is available for pre-order now. It's the story of how we got here and how we fight our way back. To pre-order, scan the QR code or click the link in the description. Let's do this.

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