All Hell Breaks Loose as Putin Threatens Nukes

0:00Ben Meiselas:All hell is breaking loose as Russia is threatening nuclear war against NATO if NATO makes any moves in Kalinograd. Also, Donald Trump responding to Russia's threats against NATO by apparently disinviting the UK, France, and certain Baltic countries from a NATO meeting that will take place in Poland next month. Also, we're learning more details about the Trump regime refusing to provide weapons to Ukraine that were previously promised and that Zelensky was expecting. Also, we are learning more details about the Trump regime looking to do business deals directly with Putin. And I will show you in a little bit some of the latest Russian strikes on Kiev.

0:50Ben Meiselas:Some disastrous strikes have taken place in the past 24 hours as Russia targets certain infrastructure that's critical heading into this winter for Ukraine. Let's talk about what's been happening. So what was reported in Reuters, Russia sends nuclear warning to NATO as tensions rise in the Baltic. So Russia has warned NATO it would be ready to resort to nuclear weapons if the Western Alliance attempted to cut off Kaliningrad, a Russian enclave that borders the Baltic Sea. In a document sent to NATO and seen by Reuters, Moscow accused the alliance of a dangerous and reckless course that entailed high risks of the outbreak of direct armed conflict.

1:40Ben Meiselas:The document sent by Russia to NATO included the possibility of Russian strikes against decision-making centers in the alliance's member states right from the outset. Russia will be ready to use the entire arsenal of forces and capabilities at its disposal. The letter goes on to warn about even the use of nuclear weapons. And it says the following. In order to defend its territory, should NATO countries undertake any attempt aimed at isolating Kaliningrad? Russia will be ready to use all weapons of force, including nuclear weapons. That was in the letter sent by Russia. And Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, who's basically like the Caroline Levitt for Putin, says that the Europe claims of Russia's hybrid warfare are just hotheads in Europe, is what is coming out from the Kremlin right now.

2:43Ben Meiselas:So you just take a look though where Kaliningrad is. It is a city between Poland, Lithuania, and Belarus right there. And it should also be noted that in the past 24 hours, there were Russian strikes using those Garen 4 and Garen 5 drones that actually landed in Moldova. Yeah, just take a look at a map where Moldova is so you can see right over there, its proximity to Ukraine, right, kind of in the southwestern area of Ukraine right there. And so these Russian drones landed in Moldova. Moldova is not a NATO member. It's professed to be a neutral member, but there were strikes landing in Moldova, which does, of course, raise additional alarms right over there.

3:33Ben Meiselas:Now, Politico was reporting last night, citing six diplomats familiar with the matter. The Trump regime will be excluding the UK, France, and Baltic countries from a NATO meeting on the alliance's future next month in Poland after threatening to deploy a, quote, naughty and nice list against governments that have run afoul of Trump's priorities. If you are on the naughty list, he will not meet with you during a NATO summit and he will treat you as not part of NATO. So for all purposes, it's not even just that Article 4 and Article 5 of NATO have been rendered ineffective. It's essentially NATO exists in name only right now.

4:22Ben Meiselas:Now, I want to be clear, there are well-intentioned NATO commanders and a well-intentioned NATO apparatus that I think does their best to still go forward with the drills and try to project that NATO is still active. And I think in their minds, it's can we delay, delay, delay this for a few more years until Trump is out. But I think this obsequious behavior by the Secretary General of NATO, Mark Rutte, to Trump, Donald, you're so good, Donald. He said the youth is what we always wanted. NATO has never been stronger. Just the exact opposite approach of how you need to treat Donald Trump. You need to treat Donald Trump like the piece of trash that he is and say, get the hell out of here.

5:13Ben Meiselas:We don't want you. We don't need you. You don't want to be isolated. Be Putin's buddy. See you later. That's what you got to do. You got. And by the way, Putin doesn't really want to be his buddy. Kim Jong-un doesn't want to be his buddy. She doesn't want to be his buddy. They all see a mark. They see someone so damn weak who is destroying the United States power, pressing fast forward and accelerating America's decline at a pace that America's adversaries could only dream about right now. Yes, Mark Ritchie, we are NATO is stronger than ever right now where Donald Trump bans NATO members from meeting stronger than ever where article and Article 4 and Article 5 basically means nothing.

5:56Ben Meiselas:Meanwhile, the former deputy chief of the general staff of the Ukrainian armed forces just went public with the following. We knew about Donald Trump not giving interceptors and interceptor licenses to Ukraine, but we also learned that Trump has blocked the transfer of 3 ,000 air to surface missiles that were intended for targeting Russia's ballistic missile launchers. So not only Trump regime must preventing Ukraine from using Starlink to target Russia's ballistic missile launchers, not only the Trump regime preventing Zelensky from having any type of interceptors. I mean, it's also true. The Trump regime has run out of its own interceptors in the catastrophic war in Iran, but the Trump regime is also refusing to give Zelensky interceptor licenses and then blaming it on Raytheon and Lockheed.

6:48Ben Meiselas:They're like, they need to protect their intellectual property. Why wouldn't they do a deal where anything developed from Ukraine, they get to keep 100 % of the profits? But that's what we're blaming it on. Got it, Donald. But also, Trump's refusing to even give the weapons to target the ballistic missile launchers from Russia. And as we know, we talk about this a lot on the Midas Touch Network, right? heading into the autumn winter offensive that Russia's been planning. They've stockpiled all of these ballistic missiles and cruise missiles. And the only way these ballistic missiles can really be shot down are with the Patriot interceptors or the THAAD interceptors.

7:28Ben Meiselas:And so that was one of the main glaring issues heading into the autumn and the winter. But then Russia developed the Garen-4 jet fuel drones and the Garen-5 drones as well. And Ukraine then went from a 90 % interception rate of these Russian Shahid drones. Now it's a 50 % interception rate of the Garen 4 Russian drones and much lower than that for the Garen 5. So Russia has the Garen 4, the Garen 5, which is like a hybrid cruise missile drone. And then they have their ballistics. And so this is a difficult winter. And you see how the Trump regime right now are taking these steps. Destroy NATO.

8:13Ben Meiselas:Make sure Ukraine doesn't even have weapons to stop the ballistic missile launchers, yet alone the interceptors, yet alone the Starlink, yet alone all of the kind of critical stuff needed to stop Russia's attacks. And then you have the Trump regime figuring out how do we do deals with Russia? And then you layer on top of it Pete Hegseth yesterday at that deranged State of the Force address that he gave, saying how the United States will be making sure that 20 % of U.S. generals and admirals are removed and that those positions do not get filled. And instead, we must consult the book of, I kid you not, this is what he said.

8:57Ben Meiselas:We must consult the book of Isaiah for guidance. And the United States military launched its religious crusade office. And I'll show you in a moment, the receipts. I'm not, this isn't hyperbolic. This is real. The book of Isaiah. And that's how we will determine future planning based on Isaiah saying, send me to never ending wars when that's not even what the book of Isaiah says, But that is how America will handle handle future military endeavors. And then also the Trump regime is talking about the U.S. needs to do nuclear testing here in the United States and we need to ramp up our nuclear arsenal.

9:37Ben Meiselas:So countries across the world are like, well, we need to build up our nuclear arsenal as well. And then when Trump was asked, so you're not OK with Iran having nuclear weapons, but you're good with Kim Jong-un having nuclear weapons. Why? Kim Jong-un's my friend. He likes me. He likes me a lot. You remember he said that two days ago as well. I digress. Let me show you right here what it looked like. B-roll, please. When the Garen Ford jet-powered kamikaze drone entered Moldovan airspace, flying over right over here, certain areas in Moldova. The drone was lost on radar 25 kilometers from another area in Moldova.

10:16Ben Meiselas:It landed in Moldova over here, and there were numerous other incidents where these Russian drones seemed to get into Moldovan airspace right there. Now, I'll show you this B-roll right here, the Russian Garin 4 jet drone striking a transmission tower in Kiev collapsing the upper half of the pylon. The drone was equipped with a new cumulative cutting specialized warhead designed to destroy reinforced structures, including bridges, fortified energy structure, and pipelines. AMK mapping explained the warhead consists of a central warhead weighing 40 kilograms and four striking modules, each weighing five kilograms.

11:03Ben Meiselas:The equipment of the Garen Ford jet drones with these new warheads was first recorded on September 23rd and was used for the first time yesterday. I'm going to show you another angle. Kiev yesterday, where Russia attacked the power transmission lines, causing blackouts in parts of the city. Play this clip.

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12:44Ben Meiselas:Now, I'm going to show you this video right here in Kyiv, where a Shahid-style drone hit a residential building and fell into the courtyard. It didn't detonate, fortunately. Everyone was alive by sheer luck, but you'll see what it looks like. This was supposed to detonate, of course. Play this clip.

13:10Ben Meiselas:Now here is what it looks like when it does detonate, a horrifying scene as a Russian drone hits a supermarket in the Ivankovitch area in Kyiv. You'll hear people screaming for help, play this clip. Now I'll bring you to the Kramatorsk area where the people there are absolutely living in hell. You can see over there, that's more in Eastern Ukraine as Russia dropped bombs on a residential building there. Play this clip.

14:04Ben Meiselas:You see photos coming out of the Kyiv high-rise buildings that were recently hit. I'll show you this B-roll right here, a massive Russian missile attack occurring in Kyiv. You can see what that looks like. This is the darkness in the Kyiv metro. You'll see what it looked like, the electric transport stop due to the lack of voltage in the network after Russian attacks. And we're only going to see this ramp up more as one of the plans, I believe, of Russia is destroy the power, destroy and try to break the morale of Ukraine heading into the winter. Frigid temperatures, no electricity working. I think that's what we're going to see more of.

14:51Ben Meiselas:Listen to what Donald Trump said in the Oval Office, though, yesterday, where Donald Trump said, and this is where he's going with the catastrophic surge in oil prices here in the United States with gas and diesel surging. Trump's like, it's all because of what's going on in Russia. The only reason why diesel surging right now, it's because Ukraine keeps on striking the Russian refineries. That's what's going on. Well, Donald, you promised you would end the war in 24 hours after the election. You're a fraud. You're a liar. You said, I've got magic words. I would tell Zelensky the magic words. What was the magic word?

15:31Ben Meiselas:Surrender, please. Surrender, please. And you told Putin the magic word. What was it? I'm going to tell him to surrender. I'm going to tell him, Vladdy, Vladdy, I'm going to tell him to surrender. Well, those are the magic words. And you're surprised that Zelensky said, we're not going to give up Ukraine and that Russia continue. What's the shocker here? I mean, you're just dumb and malicious and evil, frankly. And you promised you would end it, but of course you couldn't end the war. And now you want to blame Zelensky for the surging diesel prices. To be fair, it is a factor in the diesel prices going up.

16:06Ben Meiselas:It doesn't make Trump less culpable. It makes him more. You promised you would end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours. The main reason why diesel is surging right now is because the catastrophic war in Iran. But yes, I agree. It's also because Russia invaded Ukraine and Ukraine is now striking russian refineries and they're striking each other and there's a war that you promised to resolve let's listen to what trump says play this clip you know diesel is really hurt much more not by the middle east but by what's going on in russia because those diesel refineries are being knocked out at a pretty alarming rate and if that didn't happen we wouldn't have a diesel problem what's happened in Russia with Ukraine has been really the biggest problem for diesel.

16:52Ben Meiselas:And as the Pentagon, then what is the Pentagon trying to puff its chest as Putin is threatening nuclear war on NATO and Europe? Putin, Putin, Hegseth, another Putin, Hegseth, says the Pentagon is a much dumber version too. I mean, you know, I'll show you what he said in a moment. The Pentagon is increasing its nuclear options available to Donald Trump per a classified briefing to Congress. Shout out Ken Klippenstein for pulling the document right there that the Trump regime is thinking about more nuclear options that it wants to use in war. Then you had Hegseth give a state of the force address where he said, you see, Americans want to serve with strong patriots, not by weak weirdos.

17:44Ben Meiselas:Dude, You're a weak freaking weirdo. You are a weak weirdo. Let's be very clear. Here's what he says. Play this clip. You see, Americans want to serve when they are led by strong patriots, not by weak weirdos. Makes sense. I'll give you an example. Exhibit A of you being a weak weirdo. This is some weak weirdo stuff to say. objectively. Hegs is like, we got rid of the ideological clowns. Now we've got the patriotic cowboys with their testosterone. Patriotic cowboys with their testosterone? What are you talking about? Play this clip. The ideological clowns are out. The patriotic cowboys are in with testosterone testing on top.

18:39Diversity is not our strength. Unity is our strength.

18:44Ben Meiselas:And then with all of this going on that I just showed you, Hegseth goes, the number crunchers might say that I purged the military of 10 % of our top generals and admirals. Well, I got news for you. It was 20 % and the media will call it a purge. I wear it as an accomplishment because you're a traitor. You're involved in treason. You're a war criminal and you need to be tried in the Hague. Maybe that's why you wear it as a badge of honor because you wear the badges of a war criminal. Here, play this clip. Those generals who did not, who clung to the woke department or seem to think civilian control of the military is simply a suggestion, well, they no longer work here.

19:36You see, the number crunchers say we've fired 10 % of the generals and admirals across the force, and that number sounds about right. And I know because I directed it that we've also reduced the overall number of general officer slots by an additional 10%. So yes, 20 % reduction across the board. Now the media calls that a purge. I call it accountability and long overdue. And frankly, the bare minimum. As usual, what the media levels as an acquisition, I wear as an accomplishment. You see, you can't change a culture with the same people who enabled it. Personnel is policy at every single level.

20:26Ben Meiselas:And then he says, I must cite the book of Isaiah, chapter six. The Lord said, send Americans to war. Send us to war. never-ending wars. We don't ask why God told us. Crusades. This is what this guy's saying. Listen for yourself. Let's play it. Each of us committed to the nation with the sentiment of the sixth chapter of the book of Isaiah. Lord, here I am. Send me. Send me to fight the redcoats. Send me to fight the communists. Send me to fight the Islamists. Send me. You see, the Ivy League faculty lounges, they'll never understand you. And that's okay, because they could never, ever do what you do.

21:16Ben Meiselas:And then his psycho, sicko, lunatic right hand over at the Defense Department announces the creation of the Office of Religious Affairs. Today, at Secretary Hegsitt's direction, the Department of War is announcing the Office of Religious Affairs. The Office of Religious Affairs will report directly to the Secretary of War. No staff filters, no bureaucratic dilution, a direct line to the Secretary. I mean, y 'all are a bunch of lunatic fanatics who are involved in end-of-day type crap, and the American people don't want this stuff. This is heinous behavior, and I want to show you what's going on throughout the world.

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22:29Thank you.