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Zelenskyy Turns the Tables on Putin

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Ukraine President Zelenskyy unleashing a surprise bombing of Russian tankers in the Black Sea as well as more oil refineries deep inside Russia. Head to http...

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"You cranium, President Zelensky has unleashed yet another drone swarm this time." "Targeting the Black Sea over 20 Russian vessels destroyed in the Black Sea. "And this follows dozens and dozens of Russian vessels destroyed in the sea of Azav," which was previously targeted, and by the way, Ukraine continues to hit ships in the sea of Azav,

but Russia's basically shut down tankers go in there because of the Ukrainian drone swarms.

We'll get to that in just a moment. Look at this massive fireball rising over the Russian oil depot near Stavra Paul, after an overnight strike right here by Zelensky. Take a look at this oil depot. It's actually in the Milkovsk area near Stavra Paul. Take a look, I'm just going to show you this video right here.

Let me just show you what some of these Ukrainian drones look like. This is the Ukrainian drone that looks like a copy of the Iranian Shahid drone that Russia has been using against Ukraine. Now, this kind of Shahid style Ukrainian drone, if you will, is on its way to attack Russia's Engels bomber air base.

Our earlier in the morning, let's play this clip. Another video of that, let's play it. For angles, here's a photo, shoutout max 26, the great work that max does. In angles, Saratov region, you can see the angles air base under attack right there. I want to go back to where I started though.

The Ukrainian drone swarms in the black sea after successfully targeting all those Russian tankers in the sea of Azav. Just so let's pull up a map just so you can see what I'm talking about. I'm a visual learner right here. You see where the sea of Azav is right there between Ukraine and Russia. You see Crimea, which was taken over by Russia and annexed more than 10 years ago, 12 years ago

to be precise. You see the black sea right over there. Now Ukraine was pretty much directing its drone swarms in the sea of Azav. Now the black sea, let's take a look at some of this footage because these drone swarms are striking hard and as I noted in the black sea, 20 ships were talking about 17 Russian oil tankers, two gas carriers and one tug. So in terms of all of the vessels that have been destroyed by

Ukraine in July alone, we're talking about 136 Russian vessels as I play this b-roll for you right here. This is in the black sea 116 in the sea of Azav from, you know, pretty much early to mid-July. And then more in the black sea right there, July 15, July 16th, you know, end today.

Yesterday, let's take a look right here in sea of Azav.

Ukrainian attack drones hit another 15 vessels in the sea of Azav over there. I'll share with

you this video showing one of the Russian vessels attacked by the Ukrainian strike drones burning in

the sea of Azav right there, Russian ship and the sea of Azav smokes heavily after encountering with the Ukrainian strike zone shout out special care shun cat, foreign sailors filming several Russian vessels burning in the sea of Azav after a series of Ukrainian drone strikes. Let me show you what it looks like when those Ukrainian drones are a buzzing. I showed you one that almost looks like it's spoofing the Iranian shahid that Russia uses, but this right here

is the FP1 drone. Remember, Ukraine uses FP1 long range, FP2. Those FP5s are more the ballistic frequently called Flamingos. Here's the FP1 drone striking the Russian port of Azav, the Rustov Ablast. Let's take a look. Summer is the season where I actually want to feel good, not just look good, and one simple

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in Stavrapal in front of the burning Russian oil depot. Take a look right here, Russia's Fipsky oil refinery in Krasnador, Kray was also attacked overnight about 380 kilometers from the front. This plant is one of the largest refineries in Southern Russia with annual processing

capacity of about 6.25 million tons. And we've been seeing lots of refineries like this

with massive capacity being incapacitated. I mean, again, let's take a look right here. I showed you a more footage of the Russian Salavat oil refinery following the attacks. You see it right there. Take a look as the you quote, I mean, this is another angle. 1500 kilometers were talking about to the Salavat oil refinery. Those Ukrainian drones I showed you successfully penetrating over 1500 kilometers of Russian airspace to hit Salavat oil refinery in Boschkors Stovstan.

Seeing here, the refinery complex burning in the morning. And then I'll play you some footage of it burning in the morning. Let's play this clip right here. Also, last week Ukrainian forces conducted a completely peply, the b-roll right here. Ukrainian forces conducted a completely unmanned

CCM, amphibious landing on the Kinburn spit. The first of its kind seen here, a Ukrainian drone

landing craft drops off a UGV to attack Russian positions along the beach. All aspects of this, unmanned, the unmanned drone ship, the unmanned, you know, many tanker basically, many tank that's out there firing on these Russian positions. And, you know, Zelensky has been talking

About these weapons.

Little I'll play this clip. This is what he said at the Ukraine South East Europe summit about

how Ukraine and Europe need to make sure Ukraine is Europe is Ukraine and Europe needs to defend itself.

Can't rely on the U.S. You're playing this clip. Many nations are interested in security cooperation with Ukraine and we are ready as equal partners and in a way that benefits both sides to help our partners strengthen the security at sea in the air and on land. And I'm grateful to you for your readiness to continue supporting our fight for independence. I deeply value our joint work, my letterly, through format such as the coalition of the winning and through

other method of lettering formats and there are several key tasks in front of us. First of all, we must bring European capabilities to get as much as possible. Europe must be able to defend

itself and this is also a strategic goal. I think of us, of Europe, of the United States, which they

speak about quite openly. Our drone deals format can be very useful in achieving this goal. Second, we must achieve more in the practical protection of our way of life in every area. Let us coordinate more and do more by letterly including to counter Russia's attempts to destabilize our countries by the multitude of means. So, we can all see the political consequences that the cost of living crisis can have if we do not act effectively enough. Securities,

stability and strong ties with the wider range of violence are the way to protect people in every sense. And force, force, but please let us act together, speak with one voice and coordinate

all the diplomatic steps and that Europe can take to bring these war to an end. This is crucial,

this is difficult, I hope that we will debate later. Speak about this with more details and fifths, no less important than the other points. I ask all of you to support every form of sanctions against Russia for this war. Russia must not be given a relief or time to adapt to the pressure

imposed because of its war. And Russia must remember that this is its war and that it must

end its war. That 21st sanctions package is now on the table. Please support this package do not allow Russia to bypass sanctions. We must focus especially on heating putty and sources of money and Russia's energy exports. Money is what drives putty and ambitions and peace will come closer when pressure cuts or Russian revenues of as much as possible, this matters. And I think everyone who supports this kind of pressure and everyone who is doing everything possible

to help us protect lives here and now from Russian strikes. Thank you very much partners for the

visit and thank you to everybody who with us always and who is first time in Kiev, you're very

welcome and so thank you very much. Then President Zelensky issued the following message as well. For the first time Ukraine is developing its own ballistic missiles and deep strike capabilities. These are not merely systems under development but real capabilities that are already operational in reaching distances that were previously unattainable. 2884 kilometers from the front. That is the distance from here to the Omskoyle refinery. A historic range, historic precision and unlike Russia

which wages war against residential building schools and churches. Zelensky says Ukraine strikes the sponsors of Putin's war and the tools that help him kill. Some say that with modern technology we are sending Russia back to the middle ages. Others recall Napoleon in the days when Moscow was a blaze but for Ukraine it is not grand rhetoric that matters and is the result. Our ultimate goal is not Russia without gasoline but Ukraine without Russia, Ukraine without war, Ukraine with Europe

and Ukraine and Europe without the threat of Moscow powerful words from Zelensky. Zelensky goes on

to say we are building a state that has enough strength and self-respect to do both at once preserve its heritage and pursue ambitious plans. A Ukraine that values its past and believes in its own future, a state that is not afraid of the phrase for the first time and that for the first time is doing

What until recently could only have been a dream.

an anti-balistic shield together. A historic project in which Ukraine is not an observer but one

of the leaders bringing together countries and Europe's strongest defense companies. We will do

everything necessary to build Europe's anti-balistic system by integrating all European

anti-balistic capabilities so that the skies over our nations are protected. So that dictators

cannot dictate how free people in Europe should live so that the lives of people in Ukraine and in

every European country do not depend on whether Putin and those like him have ballistic missiles

or not. And those like him doing a lot of work right there Donald Trump.

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