All Hell Breaks Loose as War Takes Dark Turn

0:00All hell is breaking loose in Ukraine and in Europe and also in Russia as Donald Trump's UN trip was a utter catastrophe. I'm going to show you what's been going on in Ukraine in the past 12 hours. Kyiv has come under a massive ballistic missile attack by Russia, also a massive drone attack by Russia. We also saw areas like Zyprosia and other cities of Ukraine also under attack. Meanwhile, you have apparently the CIA warning European countries that it's very possible that in the coming days or weeks, months at most, that Russia may launch drone strikes at these various European countries. I'll show you what we've learned while Marco Rubio, the Secretary of State, is inviting Putin and Lavrov to the G20.

1:00And just generally being a Putin and Lavrov bootlicker, did you see what went down yesterday at the United Nations? This is what the CIA is saying on the one hand, while Rubio, on the other hand, is like,

1:12Ben Meiselas:We really want Putin and Lavrov and the Russian delegation to show up in Miami and be with us at Doral during the G20 summit when it comes up the next time around. Hang out with Donald. Here's what the CIA is warning. The CIA has warned Spain, France, and Italy that Russia may be preparing drone attacks against them, sharing intelligence with European governments after CIA director John Ratcliffe's Moscow trip in August. According to El Mundo, Lithuania reportedly knows the drone type involved, a Gerbera with a 600-kilometer range, to be launched from a merchant ship container at sea. So very specific intel right there.

2:01Meanwhile, Russia's foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, said the following yesterday at a UN Security Council meeting, he said, we are not going to have a pause on our special military operation in Ukraine. Meanwhile, he and the Kremlin spokesperson Peskov on behalf of Putin said, we are grateful and appreciative of the invitation to the G20 by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

2:34Ben Meiselas:But we will not respond publicly. Instead, we will respond through the appropriate diplomatic channels. Well done, Marco Rubio, further humiliating the United States. But then, of course, Donald Trump with the coup de grace yesterday at the Joint Base Andrews, where he had our Air Force personnel and Army personnel get down on their knees and literally roll out a red carpet for Xi Jinping and bow down to Xi Jinping and use their hands to make sure there weren't any specks of dust on the red carpet as Xi Jinping entered. Then when Donald Trump saw that flyover, Trump winced in pain and agony, a sign of dementia, some would say, or hypothesize in their opinions.

3:25And we're all entitled to our opinions under the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.

3:30Ben Meiselas:So while Secretary of State Marco Rubio was saying, please, Putin, Lavrov, will you be at the G20 when we host it in Miami as it's coming up pretty soon? Here's what it looked like in the evening hours in Kiev. You can see for yourself as approximately 22 missiles of various types were launched over Kiev just within a 30-minute time span. The flashes that you're seeing are the flashes of repeated ballistic missile strikes. by some counts, six Iskander M ballistic missiles, four RM-48U modified us, 400 ballistic missiles, four KN-23 ballistic missiles, four Onyx M supersonics were in the Kirkskreason, two Zykron hypersonic cruise missiles were launched, Neil Miller-Rova.

4:24Ben Meiselas:And also you had over 100 of those Garin 2 drones and a few of the Garin 5 jet drones at Western Ukraine. Russia has been able to advance the technology of those drones with the Shahids going even much faster. And these Garin drones are going much faster and hard for Ukraine's anti-drone interceptors to stop the new speed with which these Russian drones are moving in. So let me just share with you what was going down again past 12, 24 hours. Pure, pure chaos taking place in Kiev in the morning where you see universities, shopping centers, office buildings, and restaurants in the center of Kiev.

5:13Ben Meiselas:I'm going to show you this clip first so you can see for yourself. Let's play. We are dead vermont But i will take a look

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7:56Ben Meiselas:My friend Jane Keeve, who does an incredible job highlighting what's actually taking place. These are scenes from Kiev in the recent hours as Russia bombed restaurants and shopping areas. I'll show you this one.

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9:16Ben Meiselas:And then more video footage over here of Russian cruise missiles that you'll see in the city center of Kyiv. Watch for yourself. Let's play.

9:52Now I want to share with you last night what Kiev sounded like. What's it like to be there in the evening right now? This is every damn night right now as Russia has escalated its strikes more than ever. Russia feels absolutely emboldened right now heading into the winter. Zelensky did not get the interceptors or the interceptor licenses from the United States. Russia has amassed a massive ballistic stockpile, a massive cruise missile stockpile, and Russia has these new faster and improved drones that are much harder for Zelensky to shoot or Ukraine to shoot as Ukraine was getting good at knocking out these Shahids.

10:42But some of these new Garrod drones and these new Shahids are tough to shoot out, folks. Shoot down, folks. Here's what Keeve looked like, a night of horror. Just listen to what you can hear. Watch these scenes. Here play this clip.

11:08Ben Meiselas:And from another piece of that key night of horror, you can see what people in buildings are experiencing every night. Here watch for yourself, you can see it.

11:34Ben Meiselas:you know then you look at what's going on not just in kiev but also what's going on in the Odessa Oblast. 75 consecutive nights, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles raining down around Odessa City, targeting the Miyake Bridge over there. I mean, we're also talking about those Garen-5, Garen-2 drones as well. The four Cobb Clyde bombs were being used. The Onyx missiles. This is still footage. This is real, what it looked like in Odessa over here. I'll just share with you as well a video footage here from odessa so you can see for yourself let's play it

12:34Ben Meiselas:but marco rubio shaking hands with sergey lavrov russia's foreign minister secretary of rubio really excited that he just invited the Russians to the G20 play this clip. Or the people that you might have some issues with. So we've invited President Putin to the G20. We think it's an opportunity for him to engage not just with the president, but with other world leaders. We hope that's an invitation he'll accept. There's an opportunity in December if that happens. If there's another opportunity for them to meet and there's a purpose behind the meeting, that would be good. Marco Rubio was asked about Russian drones, whether they're around in Germany or in Europe or the threat that the CIA is talking about.

13:15Ben Meiselas:Here's what Rubio said. You can listen to yourself. Let's play it. There's been an increase of hybrid attacks recently on Europe and on Germany. Specifically, there was this drone that was stuck with explosives. Is that a conversation you're having with Secretary Lavrov? And also, can Europe and Germany? Yeah. First of all, let me be clear, because he's asking where I was raised. Like, these meetings don't work really well with anybody. if I leave the meeting and run out and tell the media, this is what we talked about. That's what we talked about. I'm not trying to be secretive with you. I'm just telling you, let's be frank here.

13:46I mean, these meetings don't work well. Now, let me comment generally. But Rubio does say that he believes both sides want peace or at least a limited ceasefire.

13:57Ben Meiselas:That's what Rubio says. Here, let's play this clip. Both sides have expressed an interest in some limited ceasefire that involve grain and energy, obviously, you know, that won't be easy either because, but it's something that both sides have expressed an interest in. I think President Zelensky has done so publicly, did it with us yesterday, did it, I think, in interviews over the last few hours. And so obviously, look, that's something that might happen. It doesn't solve the war, but it does, I think, in some ways, potentially alleviate some of the global pressures that are being felt as a result of that.

14:28Ben Meiselas:Really, Rubio, after all that, that's what you say. We also heard from Ukraine's foreign minister in the Security Council yesterday speaking directly to Russia. You can hear Russia's ambassador to the United Nations. You can hear for yourself here play this clip. I know at least three questions he cannot answer. First, why won't your presidency down with our president to end this war? Second, in August, you lost tens of thousands of soldiers to seize a few square kilometers. What did they die for? And third, you wanted Kiev in three days. How did you end up with Moscow burning four years later?

15:13Ben Meiselas:And so that's where we're at right now, folks. And we'll keep you posted every step of the way. But certainly as we head into the winter, it's going to be a very difficult winter for Ukraine. It's clear. I think Zelensky knows that. And Zelensky said during his speech at the United Nations that we know it's going to be a difficult winter. It's going to be painful, probably the most painful winter Ukraine's experienced yet. But he said, we're going to then have to make Russia feel the pain in the winter as well. That's what he said. And meanwhile, you have Donald Trump talking about helipads or whatever the hell he's doing with Xi Jinping.

15:54It's some weird stuff, huh? The Trump infatuation with Xi Jinping. My gosh, desperate and thirsty, some strange stuff right there.

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16:41Ben Meiselas:Let's do this.