Tuapse 4.0. Drone Strikes, Corruption Scandals & Europe's Rush Toward Russia Conflict

Added: 2026-05-08

[00:00:05]President.

[00:00:27]This is my video update on this Friday afternoon, May the 1st, coming to you from Lima, Cyprus. Let's talk about some news and let's uh start things off today with another strike into the Russian oil refinery at Twaps.

[00:00:55]This is the fourth drone strike into Tuapse, which is on the Black Sea.

[00:01:03]In in about a week, a week and a half, we've had or two weeks, we've had four Ukrainian drone strikes into this oil refinery.

[00:01:16]And this latest drone strike follows follows up on a phone call between Trump and Putin where Iran was discussed, certain warnings were given out, project Ukraine was discussed, and following up on on that phone call or the announcement of the phone call that had taken place, we Yet another Ukrainian strike into Twaps.

[00:01:54]We also had a Ukrainian attack where they tried to attack the cremean bridge as well.

[00:02:06]And uh the Kirch Bridge, my understanding is that it had to shut down for a bit.

[00:02:14]Uh, no damage was done. Everything is fine, but they had to close it up for a couple of hours just to make sure.

[00:02:25]Naval uh drones trying to to take out the uh the Kirch Bridge.

[00:02:33]So, uh so Putin has to get on top of this. Russia has to get on top of these strikes. It's becoming very embarrassing.

[00:02:43]Every every day or two we're getting attacks into TouPS.

[00:02:49]And now we even have strikes into the Kirch Bridge. Twaps 4.0. The oil refinery and marine terminal have just been attacked.

[00:03:02]And the attack continues. At least two tanks at the oil refinery caught fire.

[00:03:07]Authorities confirmed a drone attack on the marine terminal. The facility was knocked out and the city experienced a power outage. Russia still doesn't want to fight Ukraine. Russia complains to Trump about Europe and the Zalinski.

[00:03:27]So I think that's uh that's a good uh summary of what happened in TWAPS especially the last line where it says that uh that Putin is is complaining to Trump about Silinski and about Europe and how they continue to to escalate and at least the United States and Trump are listening to our our interests. They take our interest into account. So at least we can talk to them. But uh everyone knows that these strikes into the Russian Federation, the internationally recognized Russian Federation would never be able to happen without the targeting of uh the United States, the help and targeting of the US military.

[00:04:18]And the conversation between Trump and Putin was at least with Project Ukraine was about Zalinski and how Zalinski just doesn't doesn't seem to want to to agree to some sort of a negotiated settlement.

[00:04:33]That's what Trump and Putin both concluded.

[00:04:38]Just looks bad. It looks really really bad for uh for Russia and for Putin when stuff like this happens, especially right after you have these phone calls and these conversations and there's some sort of of an understanding or an agreement reached between both sides and then you get the attacks into the Russian Federation. Anyway, that is an update with what is going on there. And sticking with Project Ukraine, we have a release of some more Mind recordings. Remember the whole Mind uh scandal?

[00:05:16]Valinsk's best buddy who uh who got caught up in a hundred million dollar uh energy scandal.

[00:05:26]Hundred million dollars.

[00:05:30]That's a whole lot of money. for all of us. But for for Le Goblin, that's like a cup of coffee. Hundred million dollars doesn't get up out of bed for for a billion dollars, let alone a hundred million dollars. But anyway, we had the Mind scandal, which happened six months ago, I want to say. Uh Mind has disappeared.

[00:05:53]No one knows where Mind is. We know where Mitch is. But anyway, he has not been caught, captured, or brought to justice.

[00:06:02]nor will he ever. But we got some more some more material published on that uh that scandal and it goes far beyond just uh just an energy uh grift an energy corruption scandal.

[00:06:20]It is now zeroing in on the uh the much much uh much admired, much uh heralded Ukraine uber super duper drone manufacturing company known as Firepoint.

[00:06:40]Allegedly, Mind was speaking with the defense minister at the time. No longer is he defense minister, but he was Mr. Roo Stambarov who's now the national security adviser, his new position is something like that, National Security Council. And uh they were speaking and uh talking about about making money off of military manufacturing.

[00:07:11]by your point.

[00:07:13]I believe that Mike Pompeo is on the advisory board or or super duper advisory board or something. He has some sort of advisory position or he or he had some sort of an advisory position with Firepoint which was some sort of a of an entertainment agency and then it pivoted into into a drone drone manufacturing company because because there's a natural fit right between entertainment and manufacturing drones. It's an easy pivot and segue, but uh let me let me read you what is going on. The newly published materials, among other things, suggested that Minditch was effectively running the Ukrainian weapons manufacturing company Firepoint. The transcripts are reportedly of a conversation between the businessman and then defense minister Umeov, who currently heads Ukraine's National Security Council, on the tapes. Mindic Presumed for additional funding and discussed proposals from a UAE investor as well as now shareholders could get $300 million in cash. Mind also discussed undercutting an unspecified Americans arms maker rival if provided with enough resources.

[00:08:40]Do not undercut the American MIC companies. Rule number one, Ukrainian military company, you do not undercut the American MIC companies because if you do, certain scandals might might come to light.

[00:08:59]So 300 million was being discussed in some sort of a a deal between allegedly some sort of a deal that was being worked out between Mindic and uh Umeov.

[00:09:14]The reports are uh are now saying the media is now saying out of Ukraine that that this puts Alinsky in a very difficult position. in this corruption scandal, which maybe maybe encompasses uh Firepoint, allegedly encompasses Firepoint, that uh this corruption scandal could could be a problem as Alinsky really pumps up Ukraine's drone manufacturing, including Firepoint, as one of the companies that uh that can get a whole lot of money from the collective west, and can manufacture all kinds of uh drones moving forward. So, he's really pumping up the drone uh manufacturing, the drone facilities, and the capabilities of Ukraine. And one of the big companies, of course, is Firepoint. And now you have this uh this corruption scandal popping up again. And it may leave Halinsky with no other choice than to nationalize some of these drone manufacturing companies, including Firepoint. At least that's what some Ukrainian media is saying. Anyway, sticking with the the theme of war, unfortunately, we uh we are at 60 days of the war against uh Iran, the US full-scale unprovoked invasion of Iran, attempted invasion of Iran.

[00:10:38]We're not quite at an invasion just yet.

[00:10:42]We have a we have a blockade which is an act of war. But uh but with the 60 days it means that we are at the end of Trump's war powers deadline.

[00:10:58]Today is the end of the 60-day war powers deadline. And according to ABC News, this leaves Trump with a couple of of options or two two options really, Trump and uh and Congress. Option number one is that uh Congress can wind the war down. Option number two, they could decide to to keep the war going.

[00:11:31]Option number three is contained in Pete Hegsth's statement to Congress yesterday where Pete Hgsth said that there's a type of ceasefire.

[00:11:40]So, Congress really doesn't have to do anything or really can't do anything with regards to the 60-day war powers deadline.

[00:11:50]According to ABC News, under the War Powers Resolution, the president is required to notify Congress that he has initiated military action within 60 within 48 hours of the start of operations that kickstarts a 60day clock in which the president is allowed to continue operations without needing an authorization from Congress. Once those 60 days are up though, the president must either present a case to Congress that more time is needed to withdraw US forces from the region or seek congressional approval to continue the operations.

[00:12:27]I don't think anything's going to happen.

[00:12:30]I think nothing's going to happen.

[00:12:33]Maybe Congress will will discuss and debate and do stuff like that more for for political purposes, for the political optics of it all, at least where the Democrats are concerned. But nothing's going to happen. They're not going to to tell the Trump administration to to wind down the war.

[00:12:59]Not going to happen. They they support the war. They just don't like Trump. The Democrats just don't like Trump, but they absolutely support the war.

[00:13:11]The uh the US the USS Higgins had problems yesterday.

[00:13:21]This follows up on the USS Ford having to leave the region because it's all busted up and broken down.

[00:13:30]We now have the reports that a fire broke out on the USS Higgins and disabled the ship causing a total power and propulsion loss.

[00:13:48]So that's another ship that's that's now out of the game. The USS Higgins.

[00:13:57]No need to worry. US Navy because where your ships are are breaking down, we have the reports that the UK is stepping up and the UK is stepping up with a coalition, a naval coalition.

[00:14:20]This naval coalition is going to be called the the Jeff. The Jeff. It's the Jeff Coalition, the joint expeditionary force that the UK is going to lead Britain to create joint naval force with nine European countries as complement to NATO.

[00:14:46]UK stepping up big time.

[00:14:49]I don't know what ships the UK is going to provide because I don't think the UK has any any ships. But uh hey, they're putting together the coalition and we got a whole lot of countries that are going going to join up on this joint naval coalition. The the only problem is that the US ships are about going to war with with Iran, continuing the blockade and ramping up conflict with Iran.

[00:15:22]This uh Jeff coalition is all about going to war with Russia.

[00:15:29]So, we got a bit of a problem here.

[00:15:32]But uh anyway, the countries that are going to participate in the UK's Jeff are Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, and of course the Baltic states, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia.

[00:15:49]As the crisis in the Middle East unfolds following the USIsraeli attack on Iran, the British naval chief insisted Europeans should not lose sight of the fact that Russia remains the gravest threat to our security. The naval force will be commanded from London and serve as a compliment to NATO. According to Jenkins, it will see the fleets of the 10 nations training and preparing together to be ready to fight immediately if required with real capabilities, real war plans, and real integration by 2029.

[00:16:20]There's that date. 2029 2029 2030 2031.

[00:16:28]That's the magic date.

[00:16:31]for a war with Russia. Mark it in your calendars, the collective west, the Europeans, that's the timeline they have for a smash with Russia.

[00:16:45]So, the UK telling the United States, "Yeah, there's a war in Iran going on and you got a blockade going on, but let's let's not lose sight of the fact that the number one enemy that we have to fight is not Iran, it's Russia."

[00:17:02]And so, you have the Nordic countries and the Baltic Chihuahua are on board along with the UK.

[00:17:10]Germany is not listed in the uh this joint naval force, but Germany Black Rockck Mertz is definitely pumping up his military for a conflict with Russia by 2030.

[00:17:29]And he's doing it all at the expense of the German population, the everyday German citizens who are going to see their social benefits, their health care, their welfare, all of that is coming under austerity and it's going to be cut. And whatever money that can be taken from the social system from all of this austerity will be funneled into the military industrial complex. This was announced the other day. Germany's coalition government has agreed a sweeping package of welfare cuts worth 38.3 billion by 2030, stripping back the country's health system and pension guarantees to free up funds for military spending.

[00:18:27]Black Rockck Mertz, by the way, he uh he announced in his military fatigues, he was all dressed up in his military fatigues. He looked very silly, but he announced that Germany is ready to to help open up the Strait of Hormuse as per Daddy Trump's request.

[00:18:47]He's trying to get back on Trump's good side after the dust up that they've been having over the past couple of days announcing that Germany is ready to to enter the Straight of Hormuse and open it up. But uh but that's Germany. That's Merz dismantling the the welfare system, the health care system of Germany to the benefit of the military manufacturers.

[00:19:25]And all of this follows the follows up on the 90 billion gift that was given to Leoblen for which Germany is on the hook for 20 billion of that 90 billion.

[00:19:40]And the reports are saying, check this out, reports claim that the 20 billion that Germany is on the hook for of the 90 billion is going to be sent from Germany directly to Ukraine.

[00:19:55]Yep. They're just going to transfer the money to Ukraine and then a part of the money, a big chunk of the money is then going to to go right back to the military manufacturers, right?

[00:20:08]Oh, wow. What a what a grift, huh?

[00:20:16]Project Ukraine is morphing into project war with Russia and the and the numbers are getting bigger and bigger and the debt is getting bigger and bigger of EU countries and the social services are getting smaller and smaller. Something's got to break. Something's going to break.

[00:20:44]So, we're getting reports that the United States is tapping into their petroleum reserve.

[00:20:54]Yep. The SPR is being tapped into at unprecedented levels. The US is draining its oil reserves at a rapid pace. The Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the SPR, dropped minus 7.12 million barrels last week.

[00:21:11]the largest weekly draw down since October 2022. This marks the fifth consecutive weekly decline, the longest streak since 2023.

[00:21:22]Over this period, US oil reserves in the SPR have fallen minus7 million barrels to 398 million, the lowest since April 2025. This comes as total US oil and fuel exports surpassed 14 million barrels per day for the first time in history as overseas buyers scrambled to replace lost Middle Eastern supply.

[00:21:44]So look, there's the argument which which is that the argument being made which is that you you tap into the SPR now that the price is very high and you make a whole ton of money and then when when all of this wraps up in in a couple of months or a couple of years, who knows when, and uh the price goes back down again, that's when you refill. the petroleum reserves.

[00:22:16]And there's a lot of analysts saying that this is a brilliant 10D chess move from the Trump administration. Of course, the other the other side to this argument is that you do not tap into the SPR. That's not the purpose of the SPR.

[00:22:32]The SPR is not there to make profits.

[00:22:36]It's not there to to gamble to gamble away the US's petroleum reserve.

[00:22:42]That reserve is specifically there to protect the United States, to protect the US's national security and energy security.

[00:22:56]But uh but countries are scrambling to find oil and it does look like the Trump administration is having to tap into the SPR or has decided to tap into the SPR in order to get oil out into the markets. Of course, tapping into the SPR has not managed to keep the price of oil to under 100.

[00:23:23]price of oil continues to rise over 120.

[00:23:30]So anyway, that's an interesting bit of news with the SPR. And uh let's talk about the EU digital app, the age verification app.

[00:23:44]And the EU is now putting pressure on member states to implement the freaking digital app, the age verification.

[00:23:53]Implement it now. Even though the app has all kinds of problems, very easily hacked, very easy to hack. It has been hacked, but that's of no concern to our overlords in Brussels.

[00:24:16]They want some age verification on the internet and they want it now, breaking the European Commission just told all 27 member states to hurry to hurry up with rolling out online age verification demanding deployment before the end of 2026.

[00:24:33]asked today how the system stops anyone bypassing it with a VPN from outside the EU. Vice President Verkinan said only that it is an important part of the next steps. You see, you got to get that digital age verification up and running because it is an important part for the next steps. What are the next steps?

[00:24:59]I'm too afraid to ask. What are the next steps, Miss Verkin? Vice President Verkin.

[00:25:08]I think we know what the next steps are, which also fall into that 2030 timeline.

[00:25:15]A 2030 timeline. A lot of stuff is is earmarked for 2030 in the in the collective west. Very important year.

[00:25:24]That's 2030.

[00:25:26]Oh boy. the digital age verification app.

[00:25:34]The the World Cup is coming up in uh in a couple of months and uh I've got an update on what is happening with Iran. According to the FIFA head honcho, the chief of FIFA, Mr. Infantino, Iran will be at the World Cup and play in the United States.

[00:25:57]That was his statement yesterday.

[00:26:01]How that's going to happen, I don't know. Because Trump is saying, "No way."

[00:26:05]Actually, Trump was asked by a reporter yesterday that Infantino said that Iran is going to play in the United States, the World Cup, and Trump actually said, "Okay, if Yanni Infantino says it, then I'm cool with it." So, that was a weird comment from Trump. I don't think he quite understood the the question from the reporter, but according to Infantino, Iran will participate will be participating in the 2026 World Cup and will play in the United States.

[00:26:30]Of course, Iran will play in the United States of America, he said. And the reason for that is very simple, dear friends. It's because we have to unite.

[00:26:38]That's the reason.

[00:26:40]We have to unite.

[00:26:44]Okay?

[00:26:46]If we have to unite and Iran has to has to play in the United States and Trump is cool with it. Will Iran be cool with it? I don't think so. I think Iran wants to play in the World Cup, will play in the World Cup, but you're going to have to move the the venue to Mexico.

[00:27:07]That's the only way this thing is going to happen. But then again, who am I to question the FIFA head boss Yanni Infantino?

[00:27:20]Infantino.

[00:27:24]Pretty cool name. All right, let's uh let's get to a clown world and we can wrap up this Friday video. I don't think I have any other news to get to for this clown world. We're we're going to to go back to to stunning and brave comments from yesterday, the speech that he made yet that she made yesterday saying that the European Union should not should not humiliate itself by engaging in talks with Russia. She basically rejected any kind of dialogue and any talks with Russia. By the way, Fitzo, he uh he made a statement about talking to Russia following up on Stunning and Braves comments which got a lot of attention and uh Fito said, you know what, I traveled to to Russia. I met with Putin. I spoke with Putin. I believe Fito is also going to be at the May 9th Victory Day again this year. He was there last year as well. But uh but Fitzo's uh statement was that when he got back from speaking with Putin, all kinds of EU leaders were act were asking Fitzo what what did Putin say? What was he like? What uh what comments did he did he make to you? What statements did he make to you? And Fitz's reply to all of these EU leaders who who he did not name and uh and their curiosity to see what uh what Putin and and FSO discussed. Fitzo's statement to them was, "Why don't you just fly to Moscow and talk to the man yourself?"

[00:29:00]Well said, Mr. Fitzo. Winston Field for sale and rent. Luxury Sea View Apartments.

[00:29:10]I don't know, Winston Field. I mean, the sea is over there.

[00:29:15]It's a great location. No doubt about it.

[00:29:19]I I guess if you're on the on the very very top floor, maybe you got a a C view.

[00:29:26]Maybe you got that view. That's nice.

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[00:29:46]I like it. I like it a lot.

[00:30:06]Okay, so let's uh let's talk about Clown World.

[00:30:11]Good comment from Fitzo, by the way. The last the last leader of of the European Union, the last leader left in Europe, Mr. Fitzo.

[00:30:22]Yep.

[00:30:23]And then there was one.

[00:30:26]So, uh, we go to the stunning and brave and she made her comment yesterday about not speaking to Russia and the EU not humiliating itself. And there was one person, one foreign minister who was absolutely impressed with uh with stunning and braves comments statements and and just general strength.

[00:30:52]And that uh that EU diplomat is none other than Ratislav Sakorski, the foreign minister of Poland, who posted posted on X referencing Kaya Kalis's statement her speech Sakorski said I wish some men had her balls thank you USA Radis love Sakorski the man who posted onx back when it was Twitter five minutes after Nordstream was blown up who posted thank you USA with a picture of uh of the bubbly bubbly waters of the Baltic Sea after the Nordstream explosion courtesy of Freya the erotic dancer and her her diving team her Ukrainian diving team Ratislav Sakorski envious of Kaya Aalis's kahones the size of her coahones.

[00:32:11]Oh boy. They do live in a bubble. The the European globalist elite, don't they? They very much live in their own Truman show type of type of world. I'm convinced. I am convinced that uh if you go to Brussels headquarters and you open up some of their ex uh their ex feed, I bet you they remove all of the bad the bad uh replies of for which there are many underneath their posts. And and I'm I'm convinced that Brussels fills it up with uh with complimentary encouraging statements and replies on their social media. I think everything's a bubble. Everything is a bubble. Everything's very controlled.

[00:32:58]And they live in their own little bubble world. And in this bubble world, they're awesome. They're the best. They're winning bigly.

[00:33:08]Everyone else is losing. They're the smartest people in the room.

[00:33:15]We We remember what happened in in The Truman Show, don't we?

[00:33:19]Did he ever escape? Did Jim Car's character ever escape? I think he got to the got to the end of the dome, right?

[00:33:27]And he kind of walked out or he tried to walk out.

[00:33:32]Anyway, I will end it there. We're almost at the beach.

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