Zelenskyy Strikes Deep Inside Russia as Trump Moves to Limit Ukraine

0:00Ben Meiselas:All hell is breaking loose as the Trump-CIA meeting in Moscow that took place yesterday backfired. Zelensky was ready to go. Ukraine's president launched his biggest sabotage mission yet against Russia, striking hard at the Amr gas chemical complex 6 ,000 kilometers from Ukraine. this joint venture between Russia and China that cost at least$11 billion. It took seven years to build it to its current state, this factory, and Zelensky apparently launched this sabotage mission. I will show you this in a moment. This, as we are learning that it seems the reason why the Trump regime sent CIA to Moscow was to beg Putin for help to enforce the threats by Treasury Secretary Scott Besant of economic D-Day against Iran.

1:04Ben Meiselas:Russia obviously is allied with Iran. China is allied with Iran. Earlier yesterday, Wang Yi of China, China's foreign minister, told the Trump regime, China will not support your economic D-Day against Iran at all. China has Iran's back and China will do anything necessary to defend Iran and defend itself against Donald Trump's economic D-Day with Besant. So apparently the Trump regime went and sent John Ratcliffe, the CIA director, aboard this US Air Force C-17. you may be saying, why the C-17 military plane versus a Gulfstream 4 or some other plane? Well, the Trump regime was terrified that this plane would be shot down.

1:55Ben Meiselas:That's a common theme with the Trump regime, right? He hides in catering containers. And apparently you had Ratcliffe, the CIA director, was in Moscow for less than two hours. Putin basically laughed him out and said, why would we work with you? Why would we help you at all? We're allied with Iran. No, you've never been weaker. You're out of weapons. We're not going to join Economic D-Day against Iran. Get the hell out of here. That's what we are hearing right now. But Zelensky was prepared. He had his own plan. But I don't want to make this sound like this is just Zelensky striking hard. Zelensky's doing what he's got to do, but I want to remind everybody as well, this is shaping up to be a very difficult winter for Zelensky in Ukraine as the U.S.

2:45Ben Meiselas:has deprived Ukraine of the Patriot interceptors or interceptor licenses it needs so badly. So Zelensky is doing whatever he can in this race of time trying to strike as many facilities in Russia as possible. The Wildberry facilities, logistical centers, the Ozan logistical centers that we've been talking about. Russia is now demanding, they've decreed, they've put a law that if you run a logistical center, you need to have anti-drone technology installed on the roof because Ukraine's been so successful in striking these logistical centers. But I want you to take a look right here at this massive explosion and fire that hit Russia's Amur gas chemical complex during the commissioning work ahead of its planned launch.

3:37Ben Meiselas:One worker died. 19 people were hospitalized. At least 104 others received medical treatment. The blast occurred around an auxiliary section of the pyrolysis unit. The exact cause is under investigation, but it obviously seems to be a sabotage operation. What you need to know about this complex as well,$10 to$11 billion to build this Amur gas complex. It's a joint venture between Russia's Cyborg and China's Sinopec. 60 % Russia, 40 % China, designed to produce about 2.7 million tons of polyethylene and polypropylene annually. It was set to become Russia's largest base polymer plant and one of the world's largest petrochemical complexes of its kind.

4:33Ben Meiselas:As I note, 6 ,000 kilometers deep in Russia, and there appeared to be that sabotage operation. We have other footage of it right here. I'll show you what it looked like as people were near that facility. Let's play it.

4:57And we have more footage over here showing the aftermath of the massive explosion right there at that petrochemical facility. Let's play this clip as well. stuck. Now, as I noted, Zelensky is in this race for time before the winter to try to cause as

5:22Ben Meiselas:much disruption, as much pain within Russia as possible after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, to try to get the population of Russia against this catastrophic war. Donald Trump tapped Zelensky along all throughout the month of July, promising Zelensky patriots, promising Zelensky Patriot interceptor licenses if he wasn't going to provide the patriots. And not only did Donald Trump not provide the license, Trump even refused to show up at Ukraine's Independence Day yesterday, where most of Ukraine's allies showed up or sent a designee. There was also in the United Nations, the Security Council, allies of Ukraine made a joint statement together.

6:09Ben Meiselas:Dozens of countries calling for an end to this catastrophic war in Ukraine by Russia. The U.S. refused to take part in it as well. I find it fascinating and interesting that there were people like, yeah, John Ratcliffe, the CIA director, he was going to show up to Moscow and be like, Okay, Putin, cut it out, man. Don't you realize that this Trump regime is a Putin bootlicking regime? Don't you see all of the data points? What would make you believe that they were going there to deliver a tough message? Donald Trump spoke with Putin on July 4th on America's 250th birthday, 90 minutes on the phone together.

6:48Ben Meiselas:What do you think they were talking about for 90 minutes? Donald Trump met Putin in freaking Alaska. What do you think was going down there? Come on, people, let's use our common sense. So as I know, Zelensky in this race for time, let me show you the moment and FP, these fire point one strike drones that are being used with you by Ukraine with great success. Here it is hitting the ozone logistics hub in Tayyub, Dagestan. Play this clip.

7:26Ben Meiselas:Another strike right here in the morning, a drone attack on the Azan logistic hub in the Tayyub Industrial Park, Dagestan. Play this clip.

7:41And you can see Russian soldiers over here firing chaotically at an incoming drone with assault rifles from the middle of a crowd during the attack on the Azan logistics facility. Play this clip.

8:10so you had that another wild berries facility hit by uh ukraine again a reminder the wild berries logistic facility the azan logistics hub these are logistics hubs that ukraine says are being used by russia in the war against it uh wild berries is like the amazon of russia you see these photos. I mean, it literally looks right out of hell, right? I mean, what these photos look like. I'll show you over here in the wild berries in Kotovsk. Here, play this clip.

9:06Also, the satellite images of the Perm refinery as a result of the attacks. More than 80 % of the primary oil refining capacity was disabled in Dnipro. You can see right here the primary processing capacity being disabled in these various facilities. Over here, you can see for yourself. you can see some of these ships being hit by Ukraine right here this is the crew of the bread

9:36Ben Meiselas:fan bulk carrier filming a Ukrainian drone attack on the vessel near Novorysk show you a Ukrainian FPV ambush on a Russian soldier carrying FPV drones right here and then I thought a very powerful thing that took place on Ukrainian Independence Day they did a drone parade Zelensky says over the years of war, Ukraine built almost entirely a new defense industry, modern technology. Here is the drone parade that they did. Powerful stuff. Play this clip.

10:31And here's another part of the drone parade. You can see some of the drones in the sky here play this clip.

11:00That's what Zelensky said. Ukraine is doing everything to move the war into the sky. There, you no longer have to compete in the number of soldiers. You can rely on technology, drones, and missiles. But as I note at the outset, Ukraine is facing a lot of difficulty as well. Zelensky made a big blunder, I think, when he fired the defense secretary, Fedorov, who's also a very ambitious guy. Fedorov is very close with Elon Musk and some of the tech bros here in the United States, but very close to Elon Musk. And Fedorov has, no doubt, presidential ambitions in Ukraine. He's popular amongst young Ukrainians as well.

11:43And he is growing into a contender to challenge Zelensky. And the question that I have, and it's just a question. I don't have the answer, but I want to flag the issue is how close is Musk in this decision-making and Musk and Trump's decision not to allow Zelensky to use Starlink to strike the ballistic launchers in Russia. Are there links here? I don't know the answer. I will tell you I don't know the answer. I won't pretend I do, but I will flag that issue of the Musk-Federov connection. Former Ukrainian defense minister Federov says Ukraine is gradually, slowly losing the war against Russia and has only months to make major strategic changes.

12:36He blames weak governance, corruption, and a failure to deploy military technology effectively, saying Ukraine still has every chance to win, but lacks an overall plan. Technologies exist already, which could completely stop the Russians, he said, arguing Kyiv is failing to apply them at scale. Fedorov was one of the main architects of Ukraine's drone-first approach, but the older, old guard in Ukraine, Commander-in-Chief, who's now been fired as well, pushed to get rid of Fedorov. And so Fedorov was fired. Zelensky made a big mistake, lots of protests. Zelensky then fired the old commander in chief.

13:17And now you have this situation. Ukraine's minister of defense, former Ukrainian defense minister Fedorov said, I would definitely start by thanking Elon Musk for what he already helped our country with by switching off Russia's starlings when he allowed to switch on starlings over the temporarily occupied territories. Lots of companies from Elon Musk's orbit help us, Eric Schmidt, Microsoft, Google, and they will be investing in our victory. And we need to stay in touch with them regardless of my position. And I need to stay in touch with them for my country, is his statement. Now, I do want to share this with you.

13:57This was part of the speech that UK's Prime Minister Andy Burnham gave on Ukraine's Independence Day in Kiev. I thought it was powerful to play this clip.

14:34willing alongside President Macron and Chancellor Mertz.

14:46I am determined that we will work together to deliver the support you need, Mr. President, stronger than ever. That means not just air defence, but stopping Russia launching their missiles in the first place, with sanctions that cut off their military supply chains, with support to destroy missiles before they are launched against Ukrainian cities, and with help for Ukraine to develop new technologies and deepen our industrial cooperation. This is the moment to keep up the pressure on Russia.

15:32The moment to squeeze their ability to fund this illegal war. This is how we will speed up their realization of something we all know already, that Russia cannot win this war. That the cry for sovereignty and independence 35 years ago is stronger today than ever, and it will never be silenced. You are asking for nothing more than the chance to live your lives in peace, to build a better future for yourselves and for your children, to hold your own future in your own hands. This is your right. This is what you deserve. And we will be with you all the way until that day comes. Thank you. Slava Ukraine.

16:27Now, contrast that to what former Vice President Mike Pence said yesterday, essentially begging South Korea to give its interceptors to Zelensky, recognizing how dire it is that Zelensky doesn't have interceptors. The problem is Donald Trump has praised Kim Jong-un of North Korea. Trump has removed the last U.S. supercarrier, George Washington, from the Pacific. And Trump continues to kiss the boots of Kim Jong-un, leaving South Korea very exposed right now. And so South Korea, there President Lee recently met with Wang Yi, China's foreign minister. And so U.S. has lost its security umbrella in Asia and lost its deterrence.

17:14So the hard part is, is if you're South Korea, are you going to give up your weapons when you feel vulnerable? And Kim Jong-un is doing ballistic missile tests while Donald Trump's posting weird memes like he's dating him. Play this clip. Right now, President Lee in South Korea could transfer the interceptors that they manufacture directly into the region, whether it's the Middle East, send them to Europe or send them directly to Ukraine. And I'm really calling on President Lee in the Republic of Korea to do just that. Remember, North Korean soldiers and North Korean arms are shipping westward into this fight.

17:57there going in to fight on European soil to try and redraw international lines by force in conjunction with the Russian war machine. I think this is a real moment where South Korea can step up, send those interceptors that they manufacture, that they may not be as good as Patriot missiles, but I'm told on good authority they're close. And then I finally want to share this with you as well, because this really touched my heart and to think about where we are right now in 2026 versus where we are in 2021. This was Ukraine Independence Day 2021. And you can see Zelensky literally looks like a different person.

18:42Like you can see how this war has aged him because again, this was only five years ago, this video I'm about to show you or so. Let's play it. Thank you.

19:25Yeah.

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