All Hell Breaks Loose as Zelensky Launches 500 Drones

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Now, without interceptors, without interceptor licenses, and with a more difficult ability to strike down these new Russian Garin 4 and Garin 5 drones. And I said those Garin 5s are more like hybrid cruise missiles. One of the only ways that Ukraine can strike down some of these new Russian drones is using. the MiG-29, actually taking a fighter jet and trying to strike down a Garin 4 before it hits a target. And it is a very dangerous thing to do. Because let's say you're able to strike the Garin 4 drone before it hits the target. The debris hits the MiG-29. And this is how we see a lot of these Ukrainian aircrafts getting damaged. And it could lead to a lot of crashes. I'll show you this spectacular footage right here. And you'll also see, as Kirsten Kat also notes, why these cannon interceptions are so dangerous as the MiG-29 goes through this ball of fire, basically. Watch what takes place. Play this clip. Here are just some stills of what you just observed right there. This is a cockpit view of the Ukrainian Air Force MiG-29 with the pilot flipping off the Russian attack drone. And I'll show you what it looked like from the cockpit view of the Ukrainian Air Force MiG fulcrum shooting down the Russian jet-powered attack drone. Let me show you what took place. Let's play it. Now, Russia's defense ministry yesterday said that it engaged in a massive land, sea, and air strike against Ukrainian defense industry sites, places linked to the Firepoint, Flamingo cruise missiles, and drones, port and ship repair facilities in the Odessa region. And it took place in a massive land, sea, and air strike against the Ukrainian Air Force MiG-29. And it took place in a massive land, sea, and air strike against the Odessa region. Yesterday was Putin's 74th birthday. And one of the things that Putin wanted to do was rain down death and hell and destruction on his birthday. And that's one of the things that we saw very tragically. If you look in the Chernihiv region in Pryliki, a ballistic missile destroyed sections of a five-story residential building. The regional governor there said the casualty count in this Pryliki region itself, 20 to 25 dead, including a number of children were killed. Five children, three one-year-olds, an eight-year-old, and at least 55 or more were injured in Pryliki. In Kiev, two people were killed. In the Darnsky district, where there was a fire at a garage cooperative there. In the Kremlin truck, Poltava region, two people were killed. In the Oleksandria, two killed. Dnipro, missile strikes damaged a department building. In Zaporizhia, at least one person killed. Let me show you the moment a missile struck a residential building in Pryliki in the Chernihiv region, killing over 20 individuals in Ukraine. Very tragic. Here, play this clip. Yeah. Give you some images of the aftermath of that strike as Ukraine suffered, a devastating loss. Let's play it. And here's what Pryliki looked. Look at the Children's Art Center before and after the Russian missiles. This is what Kiev looked like in the morning as Kiev was under attack, as I've been reporting. Lots of people in the city are now sleeping in essentially living underground in the metro there, in an underground parking garages. Now, on Putin's 74th birthday, these Garin-4 drones were decorated with Putin's image on them. So these were the Garin-4 drones that were crashing into Kiev and Zaporizhia in these areas. You see Putin's face was painted on in Zelensky, addressing the people of Ukraine, letting him know over 25 people were killed. So, you know, we've seen a lot of things happen in these massive strikes. Also, Ukraine lost power and Kiev has pretty much been without power for a lot of the day. They're doing controlled emergency blackouts right now. We're also learning and we've been reporting that Putin is apparently spending $200 billion in their war budget, which was up massively from what was previously going to be the budget. $200 billion. And, you know, I think what is notable and significant about that is where they are directing their money. And we have to have a very sober assessment of what is happening technologically in this war. And so, obviously, Ukraine has been incredibly innovative with its Flamingo drones. When we talk about FP1, FP2, FP5s, some of the newer FP9s, even FP7s. I mean, we're talking about these Flamingo Firepoint or the drones, FPs. They're part of this Flamingo series. The Flamingo often refers to its cruise missile. And Ukraine's been able to develop its own kind of Flamingo FP style ballistic missile. And then it's FP1, FP2, long range drones that are hitting deep, like the strikes in Samara, 900 kilometers. I mean, we've seen Ukrainian drones even hit as far as areas near Siberia. 2,000 kilometers. I mean, really far strikes. So, Ukraine's been incredibly innovative. At the same time, Russia's been upgrading its capabilities. And it's developed these Garand 4, Garand 5 drones. You start with the Shahid base. Those are the Iranian drones. You know, the style, the way those look like the one where I showed you Putin's face on it. But the Shahids moved relatively slow. These Garands are jet powered. They go much faster and they're very hard to strike. So, Ukraine's interception rate went from 90% with the Shahids to about 50% with the Garand 4s. The Garand 5s are like a cruise missile hybrid. The interception rate is very low on that. And Ukraine's interception rate on the Russian ballistics is 0%. I mean, without Patriot interceptors or THAAD interceptors, I mean, I guess occasionally a man, I don't know, I was going to say a man pet, but those can't shoot the ballistics. Really, Russia can use its ballistics with just free reign at this point. As Donald Trump taps Zelensky along, said he would get interceptor licenses, and Trump never delivered on those interceptor licenses. A lot of people use nicotine as a pre-workout thinking that will actually make their pump and their workouts better. The reality is it's the complete opposite. Nicotine is actually detrimental to your workouts because it narrows your blood vessels and restricts oxygen delivery to muscles. Which directly can track the pump that you want to get out of your workout. That's why I started using ultra pouches and they've been a complete game changer for my workouts and energy levels. I've been using them for a month now and ultra pouches are like the ideal thing for athletes, runners, and health conscious people because they are 100% nicotine free. These give you an instant focus and energy boost without the Vasco constriction crash and addiction that come with nicotine. 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That's TakeUltra.com for 15% off with code MIDAS. After you purchase, they'll ask where you heard about them. Please support our show and let them know that MIDAS Touch sent you. You know, Russia is producing these Garin 4 and Garin 5s in such massive quantities, and I want to show you how they do it. I want to show you how they do it. I want to share this with you because it's very important. This came from a former Soviet naval officer and analyst, Andrei Martyanov, and he spoke on Daniel Davis Deep Dives podcast, and what he explained is that Russia is building 36,000 Garin 4 and Garin 5 drones a year. Now, the Pentagon plan with respect to interceptors, PAC-3 and such, is about 2,000 a year. So by 2033, the U.S. will have about 10,000 new Patriot interceptors, PAC interceptors. Meanwhile, do the math, okay? That isn't even what was, it's about what, less than one-third of the Russian production of Garin 4 and Garin 5s in a year. By that period of time, Russia will have hundreds and thousands of Garin 4s and Garin 5s in a year. So, the U.S., when we talk about the $1.5 trillion military budget, the U.S. is spending this money on a lot of waste. Massive Trump battleships, because Trump likes the aesthetic, billion-dollar nuclear battleships, billion-dollar nuclear submarines, massive equipment, aircraft carriers, things that can be easily destroyed with one or two Garin 4 and Garin 5. Meanwhile, Russia is building these modern warfare weapons en masse. And I'm saying that to alert us to what the hell is happening. Ukraine realizes that. Ukraine's production of modern weapons is, in my view, actually more significant than what we're even building here in the United States. But Russia's building is in such a massive scale. NATO has to realize that, and the U.S. needs to figure this out, because this is a very alarming development if we're paying attention. By the way, Iran's been able to develop lots of modern weapons as well. You know, when Donald Trump's like, Iran's navy is all in the bottom of the sea. It's all, who cares? Iran has, Iran has the Shahids. They've asked Russia for the Garin 4, Garin 5 upgrades, whether those upgrades are directly given to Iran or the technology is given back, because the Shahid base was given to Russia to begin with. Iran's president, Pozeshkin, will be meeting with Putin at the upcoming CIS meeting that will be taking place in the next few days, where they're going to be discussing their further cooperation. But Iran has developed all this cutting-edge ballistics, these cutting-edge drones, and they have all of that. And they have it in underground cities, right? So, whereas the United States has these bases that are all exposed, right? They're right out there. You can see them. Iran can strike them. Iran's bases are under mountains. The U.S. bases are right there. You see Al-Yudid. You see Muwaffiq Salty. You see, you name the base in the region. They're right there. They're way exposed, and they're not protected from these drones. That's why Iran's been able to strike with impunity. So, I just want to let us know the military tactics of this. Anyway, I think I didn't show the clip yet. Here's what Andre Maritain, if I haven't played it yet, you can hear for yourself. What he has to say. This is the former Soviet naval officer. Let's play this clip. United States is supposed to produce in the MIM-104 interceptor missiles for Patriot Pack-3 in five years, about 10,000 of them. So, it's 2,000 per year, per calendar year. This is the extent of American production. So, just to demonstrate to you, just geranium-4, and 5, just geranium-4 and 5, Russia produces, actually, 36,000 a year. And this is just geranium-4 and 5. We don't count the newest, well, they're not drones anymore. They're essentially new hybrids. They are essentially cruise missiles, such as and and then you go into the other types of the military production. Europe doesn't even register there. And the United States, too. And that means for United States, even if you consider, which it is not even close, probability of a single interceptor from the Patriot Pack-3 having the probability of hitting the target 100 or 1.0, that means what each missile hits the target. So, for them to just to deal with the geranium-4 and geranium-5, United States will need to produce additional 26,000 missiles per year. And meanwhile, Donald Trump was in the Oval Office bragging about how he saved the obliteration of the world and the world was going to be obliterated. But he says, I'm the one who saved everyone. I mean, it's just utter nonsense here. Play this clip. Not only should he get it for this year, but there's never been anybody in the history of the Nobel Prize that deserves it more. I did. I settled eight wars. And I've stopped maybe the total obliteration of the world because Iran will never have a nuclear weapon. He brags about settling eight wars when we know he didn't. Let's play it. Wow, what an honor. Another one is coming. And here's what he says about speaking with Putin about the potential spread of the plague in Siberia and what's going on there. And Donald Trump's like to the media, he says, you want to speak with Putin? Or he was like, I have a call. I'm sure we're going to celebrate his birthday, his 74th birthday. Are you celebrating Putin's birthday? You know, I'm not really sure. This isn't like a play the clip. Have you spoken with Putin yet? Have you spoken with Vladimir Putin yet? I have a call set up. Today is his birthday. Today is Vladimir Putin's birthday. I'm sure you're going to celebrate. Are you going to celebrate his birthday? And here's what I was going to say before showing. I wanted to show you the clip first, which is these aren't these aren't funny topics. You know, I have a sense of humor. Sure, you have a sense of humor. There are time, manner and place for jokes. I like to joke. I like to laugh. I like to be happy. It's not funny to joke about nuclear annihilation of Los Angeles and San Diego. That's not a funny joke. You know, when lots of media pundits like he's being sarcastic, he's joking. What he really meant to say was what do you mean what he really meant to say? He's being sarcastic. He's we're talking about nuclear annihilation. We're talking about the president of the United States. We're not talking about the Kardashian TV show. We're not talking about some, you know, anime cartoon. We're talking about real life. Damn it. And one of the things that Trump's done is he made words and actions and existence meaningless. You know, it's like a simulation. It's like people. Treat this as it's like some game and we're all extras in some reality show. This is real life. Damn it. And we shouldn't have the president of the United States being so careless with words or malicious with words, whichever one you think. At best, it's careless and reckless. At worst, it's malicious and instigating nuclear annihilation of cities, whichever one you think it is. Regardless, it's bad. We need to have people who are serious. This is serious stuff. You know, and so when Donald Trump's like to the press. And he goes, what? You celebrating Putin's birthday? These aren't funny jokes. This is not. Everything I've shared in this video is deadly, deadly serious. And I don't say this to scare you. I don't say this to be hyperbolic. I say this so we understand what the hell is going on. I'm talking about annihilation of San Diego and Los Angeles or whatever. And then the press was like, that's not what he said. He said he was going to protect it. You have to understand the way he speaks. Mike, I heard what he said. He shouldn't be. We shouldn't be making excuses. WTF America. 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