Zelensky Stands Firm as Ukraine Strikes Russian Refineries and Diplomacy Intensifies

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But pay attention to what just went down in Norway where you had the Prime Minister of Norway, the President of Finland, President Stube, hosted Zolinsky, invited Whitkopf and Kushner participated virtually in this meeting because Kushner has the flu or I guess if you're a Maggar Republican and you spread lies about people's illness. He was at a mental hospital somewhere in Ohio but I digress but you had Whitkopf immediately give Zolinsky like a bear hug. It was very odd to see and then publicly you had President Stube of Finland and Prime Minister Storre of Norway and Zolinsky talking about security guarantees and Whitkopf was like well I guess now we're going to go into St. Petersburg and we're going to speak with Putin about some new proposals that we're trying to advance and then the Trump regime seemed also to throw Elon Musk under the bus and there was the story yesterday that it was actually Elon Musk who directly called Starlink and star shield it was reported and said you need to cap the speed of the Ukrainian drones at 160 kilometers per hour now. Zolinsky's claiming that now that that's been called out that they're able to access what they need to access for now and the most important thing for them also is to access the early alert system for the ballistics but you know Zolinsky hasn't stopped striking the diesel refineries and the logistical centers and the other major infrastructure in Russia. I mean to be clear Putin's been striking very hard in Ukraine as well and I'll show you what's been happening there. Let's not forget of course that Russia's foreign minister Lavrov took this major visit to Iran where he met with Iran's foreign minister Iraqi foreign minister Iraqi of Iran posted about the strong cooperation between Iran and Russia on all things including security obviously referencing their alliance when it comes to all of these regional wars that are taking place but let's just break down what went down I mean first let me show you this super phony hug that Whitcoff gave Zolinsky so you can see for yourself and Zolinsky here was flanked by President Stubbe of Finland and Prime Minister Storov Norway and Zolinsky posted the video and says Ukraine is working for peace I thank our partners for their support watch this for yourself thank you he posted a photo of himself next to Whitcoff and Stubbe and Stor you see them over there and then Zolinsky posted the following message today we discuss security guarantees and I'm thankful to the American side for underlining again that they have to be strong there are different kinds of security guarantees on paper in the document which Steve Whitcoff will share with the Russians we will hear his feedback afterwards I had a phone conversation with Secretary of State Marco Rubio earlier on the train today we spoke about sensitive issues such as Starlink ballistic missile interceptors and intelligence we were very concrete and the conversation was positive we shared the things we have to manage and we will manage them I'm sure of it we decided that maybe in 48 hours we will get in touch again we are thankful that the early warning is now working this is very important for our people because we can now know when Russian ballistic missiles are coming so this morning began with the positive signals from the American side we now also have a constructive dialogue it was a constructive dialogue because all of us one piece Ukraine, Europe and the United States and we will see what happens tomorrow I mean look at what Zolinsky's doing while you know Donald Trump was out there in the oval office saying like the exact opposite Zolinsky was working around Trump with Rubio and with Whitcoff and with President Stubbe of Finland and Prime Minister of Norway Donald Trump was in the oval office just like just ranting and raving those are Trump's words I ran tonight rave and he was like look look look look I don't think Zolinsky's people are gonna stand for it any longer he needs to make a deal Donald Trump was still doing this yesterday here play this clip simply that he can make now but he's gonna have to want to make a deal because I don't think his people are gonna stand for it any longer they've been fighting a war and Trump was like Zolinsky could have made a good deal in March 2025 he could have made a much better deal that he can make now here play this clip he could have made a deal two years ago when we had our little chat in the oval office we had a now quite well remembered chat with JD myself some others Zolinsky could have made a good deal then could have made a much better deal then probably possibly that he could make now but he's gonna have to want to make a deal then Donald Trump's like you craid has to want to make a deal I mean all Trump's like deal deal deal deal deal deal deal deal you craid has to want to make a deal because the United States has spent a fortune Europe has spent a fortune and Europe is tired of it right now if they don't make a deal it's just gonna get it's gonna get worse in my opinion here play this clip Ukraine has to want to make a deal because the United States has spent a fortune Europe has spent a fortune Europe's tired of it right now the tired of it right now and if they don't make a deal ultimately it's just gonna get in my opinion it's just really just gonna get worse and then Trump says on Russians shelling of civilians killing civilians in Ukraine Trump's like some people in a town they got hit hit or whatever they got hit or whatever and mostly soldiers die there's a lot of civilians who are being killed listen to what Trump said over there and mostly soldiers mostly young soldiers some people in a town that got hit or whatever but mostly young soldiers let's take a look at what's going on throughout the region the Ukrainian forces through with their long range drones struck a building of the former Arkadellicom in occupied Luhansk attack on the building of Luhacom the Center for Telecommunication Services and the Center for Information Technologies and Technical Support Housing, Data Center, Equipment and Logistical Equipment over there take a look right here at these Ukrainian strikes on the occupied Donetsk region it was under massive drone attack throughout the evening play this clip getting in photos satellite photos of some of the latest Ukrainian strikes in St. Petersburg that took place over the weekend these St. Petersburg oil terminal three tanks were damaged you can see right over there and ozone logistical hub the same way that Ukraine's been striking those wildberries that's called wildberry logistical hubs it's like the Amazon of Russia ozone is another kind of competitor if you will I suppose a wildberry over 10,000 square meters were burned down the southern fairway bridge the Finland railway bridge all struck you have the nickel scoy fuel pumping station struck I'll show you this footage right over here we'll play the video of the Niskolkaya oil pumping station struck play this clip now for its part Russia's been striking various infrastructure logistical hub shopping centers throughout Ukraine take a look right over here this photo is the aftermath of yesterday's Russian Garen 5 jet drone strike on an epicenter shopping center in the city of Dubno in the Rivni Oblast separately a large fire broke out at an epicenter shopping center in the city of Paramomask mykolav Oblast following a Russian guarant 4 jet drone attack prior to this. The other epicentershopping center was struck in the city of Dumanolriyvneoblast, which we talked about. Let's play this clip right over here. Show you some b-roll of the aftermath of another Russian guarant 4 and guarant 5 drone strikes on the warehouse facility near the Obakiv, Kiev Oblast. You see over here Russia also striking on the highways and the roads leading into Kiev. I'll show you what it looks like as a car with struck over there. Let's play it. And here's a photo of a UAV hitting an educational institution. And this was in which region was this. In Krezhya Kremlinuk over there should also be noted that Sergei Lavrov put out the following message. He said the west will never again be the main player calling the tune. The world has turned in a different direction is the message from Sergei Lavrov. That would be Russia's foreign minister. He said that right around or shortly after his meeting with Iran's foreign minister Erragchi. And yeah, we have that post just so you can see for yourself what Iran's foreign minister Erragchi said. He posts himself and foreign minister Lavrov, hosting foreign minister Lavrov for timely talks in Tehran. We covered everything from Europe to West Asia, including Lebanon, Palestine, Ukraine and Yemen, also focused on expansion of economic and nuclear cooperation. Never in our history have Iran and Russia worked as closely as now. But Donald Trump said that they're not even working together at all. You see the post right there. Donald Trump continuing to I say weird things about Russia. He says Russia is a big machine. They keep grinding forward. That's what they do. You're playing this clip. I think that and you know, Russia is a big machine. They just keep grinding forward. And that's what they've done. They've taken a very large piece of land. And you know, you can say that Ukraine is doing well or poorly. But he says Russia is a giant nation. Ukraine is not here. Play this clip. Ukraine has lost a lot of people. Russia has lost a lot of people. Russia, though, is a giant nation. Ukraine is not. He goes on to say Russians keep marching forward. They have an unlimited supply of people. Donald Trump says let's play it. We're in bigger all the time. Week by week, it's just a much forward. You just keep marching forward. Whereas Ukraine has you now. There's a woman who's against not exactly a very beautiful woman. And then Trump goes on to say that the Russians had a thousand tanks riding up the concrete highway. They would have taken over all of Ukraine in four hours, going maximum tank speed. He said, but then he says, but then they got stuck in the mud, which is not actually what happened. But you can play this clip right here. Stupid General for Russia. Very stupid gentleman. They had a thousand tanks riding up a concrete highway. They would have been in Ukraine in four hours, going maximum tank speed, which is 48 miles an hour to be exact. Nothing to stop them. The war would have been over in one day. And this very stupid general, I have no idea who he is. I doubt he's still with us. I doubt he's still there. He decided to hang a right onto the farmland and then take a left and go up to Kiev. And rather than staying on the highway, the concrete highway, perfectly good highway, where they were doing very nicely. It would have been there in three and a half, four hours. And the whole war would have ended. He ended up getting stuck in the mud. It was like quicksand. They had and then Trump winds. We've given a tremendous amount to Ukraine. And they've given us nothing in return. Let's play it. Look, we have given tremendous amounts to Ukraine. We've got nothing back other than high diesel. We have given probably possibly more money to Ukraine than almost anybody over the years. Then you had Defense Secretary Hegsith yesterday saying the defense secretary that he goes, we, we in the Department of War, which is actually the Department of Defense, which call what it really is. That would he unlawfully is calling it. We're not the one throttling Starlink. We're not capping the speed of Starlink. Starlink is doing it. It's their proprietary software. So we can control Starlink or Star Shield. We're just the Department of War. We're the Department of Defense. We're the government. We don't control Star Shield. Listen, to what he says, play this clip. We haven't pulled anything back. There are terms of service that ultimately need to be complied to and that that's where that's where Starlink has the option to make those decisions. But nothing's changed from our view. We haven't made any directives or anything like that. And we wish the Ukraine's obviously success. What a pathetic guy he is. And then the story from the Wall Street Journal and others last night saying that it was Elon Musk who made the decision, he was made the decision apparently after speaking with Donald Trump though. He's made the conversation, talking, they had the conversation talking together. But that's where we're at right now. So where do things go? Whitcoff in St. Petersburg today. We will see his conversations with Lavrov and Putin or whoever he's going to be speaking to over there probably speak to Karel Demetri of Yuri Yushakov. It's usually the crew he talks to. We'll keep you posted as always. WTF America's our book. Did you get your copy? It's out now. Get the hard cover. Get the ebook. I hope you've enjoyed it. We dedicated it to you. We poured our lives work into this. And thank you. Thank you everybody for purchasing it. We're really we're so grateful for you. Let me know if you got it. Thanks so much. WTF America is officially out now. 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