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0:10Russia just attacked a NATO country and
0:12this time it wasn't just some lowly
0:14drones going off course. It was a
0:16Russian Kh-101, one of the most advanced
0:19cruise missiles that Russia has, which
0:21means chances of this being an accident
0:24are very, very low. Now, here's the part
0:27that almost nobody saw coming. Somebody
0:30actually saw this attack coming weeks
0:32ago, wrote it down in detail before it
0:35ever happened. So, in this video we're
0:37going to get into who that was and why
0:39Russia went ahead with the attack
0:40despite their plans being exposed. Putin
0:43was hoping that this attack would
0:45finally put Poland in its place. Maybe
0:47Poland stops helping Ukraine and stops
0:49worrying about its own defenses for
0:51once. Instead, he triggered the one
0:53outcome that he was trying to prevent
0:55and that's just the first plan blowing
0:57up in his face. Because you see, Putin
0:59also sent an assassination squad into
1:01Ukraine to settle a personal score.
1:04Well, that mission did not go according
1:06to plan, either. Honestly, everything
1:08Putin touches right now just turns to
1:11failure. Crimea is falling apart.
1:13Russian warehouses are vanishing at a
1:15pace where I had to double check the
1:17numbers myself. And inside of Russia,
1:20people are now moving past complaining.
1:22They're now saying things on live
1:24television that would have been
1:25unthinkable just a year ago. So, as you
1:28guys know, my name is Sam and you're
1:30watching Business Basics. Let's get into
1:31all of this starting with the biggest
1:33news we have this week, Russia attacking
1:35a NATO country. A Russian cruise missile
1:38leaves a crater inside of Poland roughly
1:4060 miles from the Ukrainian border. And
1:42the official language, at least
1:44initially, called this attack yet
1:46another example of reckless acts by
1:49Russia. But, was this really reckless?
1:52Because roughly a month ago, American
1:54intelligence published a report that
1:56said that something like this would be
1:59coming. It happened at the start of
2:00July. Take a look. There was a US
2:02warning that Russia was planning an
2:04attack on Poland to test NATO's resolve.
2:07And that warning was actually passed on
2:09to Polish president directly by US
2:11intelligence at the start of the last
2:12month. And it had a lot of details. Now,
2:15before I get into the details, remember
2:17we have seen this movie before. Back in
2:192022 and in fact even in 2021, US
2:23intelligence was telling Ukraine and
2:25telling Europe that Putin was planning a
2:27full-on invasion. Russian commanders
2:30actually did not know this themselves at
2:32that point, but US intelligence did know
2:34this. So, almost like they could read
2:36Putin's brain or maybe his letters. They
2:39had someone really close to him handing
2:42them everything. But the problem was
2:44that because of the Iraq war and
2:46everything that came before it, some
2:48major allies like Germany just did not
2:51buy what US was trying to tell Europe.
2:53They actually believed that this was
2:55some kind of American trick. And Ukraine
2:57wasn't buying it completely either. But
2:59unfortunately, with benefit of
3:01hindsight, we know it wasn't a trick.
3:03Putin did invade Ukraine and that
3:05invasion is still going. Fortunately,
3:08because of the reluctance of European
3:10allies and Ukraine, Ukraine was actually
3:13less prepared than it could have been
3:15simply because the warnings weren't
3:17believed. And guess what? At the start
3:19of this month, the US intelligence hit
3:21the nail straight on the head. So, let
3:23me show you this report that came out.
3:25According to the intelligence, Russia
3:26was considering a couple of provocation
3:29scenarios against Poland. One would be
3:31an accidental drone strike on critical
3:34infrastructure, something like a power
3:36plant, something that's very, very
3:38important. Another scenario would be an
3:41air strike designed to activate Polish
3:44air defenses near the border. And then
3:46there's the most extreme scenario in
3:47this report, which would consist of
3:49literal hybrid attack in the border
3:51region. Russian troops would cross into
3:53Polish territory in this scenario. The
3:55version would go something like Russia
3:57pretending that one of its helicopters
3:59or jets goes down inside of Poland
4:02because of GPS failure. You know, just a
4:04honest mistake. Then a rescue mission
4:07gets activated and Russian troops cross
4:09into the border to get their guys out,
4:12but they never actually leave. They just
4:14end up occupying Poland's territory.
4:17Now, I know this does sound a little bit
4:19La-La Land, but remember this is the
4:21same country that truly believed that
4:23they would have Ukraine in 3 days. And
4:25on top of that, this is of course just
4:27Russia brainstorming what they could be
4:29doing. And this is like the craziest
4:31idea they had. The idea in this scenario
4:33would be that US or other NATO allies
4:35would stop Poland from firing back at
4:38Russian troops in its territory. And
4:40then Russia would negotiate with NATO,
4:43with the United States, and they would
4:45figure out some kind of deal where
4:47Russian troops would leave NATO
4:49territory. And in those negotiations,
4:51one Russian demand would be pretty
4:53simple. They want Western countries to
4:55end their military support for Ukraine.
4:57If everyone agrees, Russia pulls out its
4:59troops, and it gets what it wants. Stop
5:03to Western aid to Ukraine. Like I said,
5:05sounds like La-La Land. Now, of course,
5:07this idea does have some holes. First
5:10one being Russia cannot actually afford
5:12a full-scale war with NATO right now.
5:14Because as you guys know, Russian troops
5:16are kind of busy in a 3-day special
5:18military operation that Putin isn't like
5:20talking about. Now, of course, according
5:22to Russia, the best-case scenario in
5:24this situation would be they undermine
5:26Polish sovereignty, they make NATO look
5:29like a paper tiger, and then lastly, the
5:31most important part, choke off Western
5:33support for Ukraine. And this would all
5:35be done without triggering a
5:37conventional war where Russia needs to
5:38commit more troops or more equipment.
5:41Now, of course, so after we go through,
5:44you know, Russia getting everything it
5:46wants without the conventional war. This
5:48is what we go into, okay? Now, of
5:50course, that is the Russian plan. Now,
5:52NATO was asked about this, and they
5:54actually named two specific cities,
5:56Russian cities, that they will go after.
5:58Now, before we get into NATO's response,
6:00let's wonder why Russia is picking
6:03Poland. Why not pick some other country,
6:05let's say a Baltic country, you know?
6:06Well, this is where we have to look back
6:08into something that's happening between
6:10Poland and Ukraine right now. The
6:12relationship between two countries are a
6:14lot weaker than they were a year ago.
6:16And it goes back to something that
6:18happened in 1943. You see, just
6:20recently, Zelenskyy named one of
6:22Ukraine's military units after a
6:24Ukrainian nationalist figure who fought
6:26against the Soviet Union during World
6:28War II. This guy's name is Bandera, and
6:30he wanted an independent Ukrainian
6:32state, and he fought the Soviets very
6:35hard for it. So, in Ukraine, he's very
6:37admired. But, the same guy is also tied
6:40to the mass killings of ethnic Polish
6:42civilians in 1943. So, Poland, it's
6:45actually a very deep historic trauma.
6:48So, when Zelenskyy named a unit after
6:50someone Poland hates this much and
6:53Ukraine loves this much, it became a
6:55divisive topic between these two
6:57countries. And Russia saw that crack,
7:00and Russia is hoping to hammer a wedge
7:03straight into that and make it worse.
7:05And this is exactly why Russian plan
7:07targeted Poland. And the best-case
7:09scenario would be Moscow gets everything
7:10it wants. But, unfortunately for Putin,
7:12NATO has its own answer to this plan. to
7:15a NATO commander, if Russia does start
7:16any direct provocations, then NATO will
7:19hit back. And here are the two cities
7:21that NATO is going to go after. First
7:22one is, of course, military strikes in
7:24Kaliningrad, or they could hit back
7:26naval bases that Russia has in St.
7:28Petersburg. So, clearly, NATO is very
7:30publicly saying that, "Hey, if you try
7:32something like this, it's not going to
7:33go how you're hoping it's going to go.
7:35It's going to go extremely, extremely
7:37wrong for Russia." So, the question is,
7:39why would Putin still go ahead with this
7:41missile strike on Poland if he knew his
7:43plan was already out there and if he
7:45knew NATO is not going to respond the
7:47way he wanted to. So, this all brings us
7:50to the recent strike. Just 1 month after
7:52that report comes out, a Russian cruise
7:53missile crosses into Poland's territory
7:56anyway. It ended up landing near a
7:58Polish village and creating a 10-m deep
8:01crater. And in this footage, you can see
8:03that the missile actually dropped pretty
8:05close to where houses are. So, there are
8:07people living there. Luckily, no one was
8:09hurt in this attack and where the
8:11missile landed was just an empty field.
8:13But, a little here or little there and
8:15we're talking about casualties or maybe
8:17even fatalities inside a NATO country
8:19from a Russian missile. And guess what?
8:21The Polish government is not treating
8:23this like some mistake. They're treating
8:25it like an opening move to some bigger
8:27plan that Russia has. The government
8:29security center is now urging citizens
8:31to prepare for more attacks, pack
8:33emergency bags, locate nearby shelters,
8:35and download the official safety guides.
8:38And guess what? If you just think about
8:39this logically, it makes sense. The more
8:41attacks will come pretty soon. Think
8:43about it. Just look at the pattern.
8:45First, Russia launched some accidental
8:47drones and then we have missiles. And
8:49there has been no strong response from
8:51Ukraine. So, Russia is going to keep
8:53going up the escalation ladder until
8:55they realize where the red line is. And
8:57of course, I'm not saying that a
8:58response from NATO has to mean that they
9:00attack Russia. It could be something
9:01purely defensive, but still tells Russia
9:04that NATO is not afraid of a fight.
9:06Here's an example from fellow YouTubers.
9:08NATO could announce a defensive no-fly
9:10zone enforced by NATO jets and NATO
9:12missiles. Basically saying that, "Hey,
9:14with Ukraine's permission, we'll shoot
9:16down anything that reaches western
9:17Ukraine because that's getting just a
9:19bit too close to our own borders." And
9:22that would be a signal enough to Russia,
9:24an embarrassment enough for Putin, that
9:26Russia will stop trying things like
9:27these. Now, luckily for all of us, even
9:29without a NATO response, Putin's Poland
9:32plan is already blowing up in his face.
9:34Take a look. Remember, the entire point
9:36of this whole planning that Russia has
9:38been carrying out is to scare Poland out
9:41of supporting Ukraine. And guess what
9:43Poland is doing after this missile
9:44strike? Poland is now considering
9:46providing Ukraine with additional
9:48Patriot missiles after the Russian
9:50missile fell inside Poland. So, exact
9:52opposite of what the Kremlin is hoping
9:54for. Now, let's play that Curb Your
9:56Enthusiasm music to tell Putin how
9:58things are going. Now, unfortunately for
10:00little Vladimir though, this isn't the
10:01only plan that failed this week. Here's
10:03what I'm talking about. As you guys
10:05know, ever since this war began, Ukraine
10:07has been systematically going after
10:09Russian generals, Russian officials, and
10:11Russian officers who have committed war
10:13crimes inside of Ukraine. Some of those
10:15generals died mere miles away from
10:18Kremlin. They're not even safe in
10:19Russia's capital city. Now, of course,
10:22because of all this, Putin wanted his
10:24revenge. So, he sent someone to take out
10:26a Ukrainian commander inside of Ukraine.
10:28But, things did not go how he was
10:30hoping. Zelenskyy recently confirmed
10:32that there was an attempt made on
10:34Kartiia commander Ihor Obolensky.
10:37The attacker and an accomplice have been
10:39detained. Procedural actions are
10:41ongoing. Now, I looked into this
10:43assassination attempt, and this was a
10:45very, very close call. Let me show you
10:47what I mean. We actually have a footage
10:48of the guy who carried out the attempt,
10:50and he's actually an Ukrainian. Russian
10:52handlers approached him pretending to be
10:55SBU, so Ukrainian security services, and
10:57told him that this commander that he was
10:59targeting was actually a traitor to
11:01Ukraine who had to be eliminated. So,
11:03this guy believed his Russian handler,
11:05and he walks up to this commander and
11:08puts a gun in his back. Now, fortunately
11:10for everyone, the gun jammed. Even
11:12fortunately for the guy who was holding
11:13the gun because he truly believed he was
11:16helping Ukraine when in reality he
11:18wasn't. So, luckily, he the gun didn't
11:21go off, and shockingly, Putin did not
11:23succeed again. And it seems like it's
11:25kind of becoming a trend. Everything
11:27Putin tries does not go according to
11:29plan. And that's something Russians
11:30inside of Russia are also realizing. We
11:32now have Russian propagandists and
11:34ordinary Russian citizens now calling on
11:36officials to just resign and leave the
11:38country. They want someone else to run
11:40it so they can get out of the mess all
11:42these elites have created. Now, we'll
11:44get into that clip in just a moment, but
11:45before that, I want to show you this
11:47headline that really pissed me off. Take
11:49a look. It's truly, truly disappointing.
11:51Now, just a little context. This is
11:53something we had covered in previous
11:54videos, but Iran has been sending drone
11:56components to Russia for a very long
11:58time. And just recently, there was a
12:00cargo ship carrying those components
12:02towards Russia across the Caspian Sea.
12:05And guess what? Ukraine figured out that
12:06this ship is smuggling weapons to Russia
12:09and they took down the ship. They
12:10attacked the ship. From Ukrainian point
12:12of view, they did this to save Ukrainian
12:14lives because if Russia gets those
12:16components, they will make the drone and
12:17they'll send it over to attack Ukrainian
12:19apartment buildings, Ukrainian malls,
12:21anything else you can imagine that
12:22Russia attacks. And guess what the New
12:24York Times headline says. Take a look.
12:26And of course, this is not just New York
12:27Times, by the way. A lot of mainstream
12:29outlets ran similar headlines. Take a
12:31look. Ukraine strike on Iranian ships
12:34show how two wars could spiral. And
12:36they're calling it start of World War
12:38because Ukraine took down a ship that
12:40was delivering weapons to Russia.
12:43Sometimes I see headlines like these and
12:45I realize like these people are not
12:46following the same war that you and I
12:48are following because think about what
12:50has happened in this war since Putin
12:52started his three-day special military
12:54operation. North Korean troops were sent
12:56to Europe to fight for Russia against
12:58Ukraine. Is that World War III or is
13:00that not World War III? Then think about
13:01from day one, Iran has been sending
13:03Shahed drones, they've been sending
13:05missiles to Russia. They even sent
13:07Iranian engineers to Russia so they can
13:09build factories that Russia can use to
13:12build more drones, more Shahed drones.
13:14And of course, on top of that, China has
13:15been helping Russia evade sanctions so
13:17they can keep waging war on a European
13:19country. Does that all sound like World
13:22War III or is it only when Ukraine hits
13:24the one Iranian military cargo ship and
13:26suddenly everyone's talking about how
13:28the country defending itself might start
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15:19And now let's talk about why Russians
15:21are turning on their own government.
15:23Let's go over the clips that I promised.
15:25First, we have a Kremlin propagandist
15:28who's publicly saying that, "Hey, is
15:30there a coup coming from the Russian
15:31Prime Minister who's going to replace
15:33Putin and save the country?" That's what
15:35they're discussing on Russian shows.
15:37Take a listen.
15:40>> It's about how tensions are being
15:42stirred up throughout society.
15:44I don't understand.
15:46Honestly, I follow the news and I just
15:48don't understand anything.
15:51Guys, are you trying to maintain
15:52stability or are you trying to make
15:54people as angry as possible? So, what is
15:56it?
15:58Is a coup already underway or not?
16:01Hypothetically, there's this version
16:03that some people are suggesting that
16:05Kiriyenko is preparing a coup.
16:08Any moment now, he and his team, his
16:10people, will come in and everything will
16:13be hooray, hooray.
16:15I don't get it.
16:17Is he planning to take over a
16:19burned-down wasteland? Is he planning to
16:21come into a situation of complete chaos
16:23and lawlessness? Or
16:27maybe I'm naive and not knowledgeable
16:29enough.
16:30I'm a chemistry teacher, not a
16:32historian, but this story sounds
16:34completely ridiculous to me.
16:39>> And remember what I said at the start of
16:41this video. Some Russians are calling on
16:42officials to simply resign and leave the
16:44country. And others are literally
16:46bringing up Bolshevik-style executions
16:48for people who are even ruining the
16:50country. That's where the Russian
16:52information space is right now. And then
16:54we have Wildberries seller talking about
16:56how normal people are struggling, but
16:59Russian elites and Russian officials are
17:01living it up despite making horrendous
17:03decisions that's just ruining the
17:05country. Take a listen and then we'll
17:07get into the recent strikes. Recent
17:09strikes against Russian warehouses that
17:11Ukraine has carried out in last couple
17:13of days. Here's the clip.
17:15>> It's becoming a pretty grim tradition to
17:17start the day with news that yet another
17:19Wildberries warehouse has been trashed.
17:21Penza is burning right now.
17:23Yesterday it was Kazan.
17:25That's the eighth or ninth warehouse by
17:27now.
17:29We're approaching roughly half of
17:30Wildberries entire logistics network
17:33destroyed in the past week and a half.
17:36What's truly awful is that people were
17:38physically harmed. There were
17:39casualties.
17:43Business owners have suffered massive
17:45financial losses. It's also a problem
17:47for Wildberries itself.
17:49This affects a huge number of people
17:51because there are those who support the
17:53supply chain.
17:56Some people manufacture the goods,
17:58others transport and deliver everything,
18:01and some hand out orders at pickup
18:03points, including those who own the
18:05pickup points.
18:07That's a huge number of jobs,
18:09and it looks like this trend isn't going
18:11to stop anytime soon. Quite the
18:13opposite.
18:14It will only get worse.
18:17The damage and the sheer scale of this
18:19[ __ ] disaster are both frightening
18:21and infuriating
18:23because this is happening and we're the
18:25ones who have to live through it.
18:28There are reasons for this, and the
18:29people responsible for this collapse,
18:32while it is still actively unfolding,
18:35are feeling its effects far less. The
18:37burden is left for us, ordinary people,
18:40to bear.
18:44>> In the last 2 days, two more logistics
18:46warehouse have been struck by Ukrainian
18:48drones inside of Russia. That makes it
18:5018 warehouses in just 13 days. These
18:53warehouses are helping fuel the war
18:55machine that Putin has built, and now
18:57that fuel is literally burning. Now, by
19:00the way, in the last video I asked, "Why
19:02are these buildings burning so like
19:04strongly?" When you look at some of
19:06these videos, it seems like it's really
19:08burning. And I have my answer from the
19:10comments. Much like Amazon, Wildberries
19:13uses paper boxes to deliver all anything
19:16that someone's buying and those paper
19:18boxes are basically like fuel to a fire.
19:20So, if there's a fire that's started,
19:22the paper boxes just keep on burning and
19:24the whole building is just destroyed
19:26because of few drones. In fact, we have
19:28a clip. Take a look at this Volgograd
19:30warehouse that was struck just 2 days
19:32ago and this is what the aftermath looks
19:34like after the fire is out.
19:41And of course, when the warehouse is
19:42burning, Russians are not happy about it
19:44because think about it. If you're a
19:46Russian or if you're just a normal
19:47person, right? Doesn't even have to be
19:48in Russia and you open the window of
19:50your house and you see your city
19:52literally burning, of course you're not
19:54going to be happy. Take a look at this
19:55clip of a resident who's just purely
19:58pissed about what he's seeing.
21:02>> [sighs]
21:02>> Now, if you guys been following the
21:03channel for a while, you remember that
21:05Ukrainians had this game for Russian
21:07refineries, where whenever Ukrainian
21:09drones would target a refinery, they
21:11created a bingo where they would cross
21:13off that refinery. Guess what? Now that
21:15Ukraine has taken care of Russia's
21:17refining industry, they're now moving on
21:19to Russian warehouses, and they have a
21:21new game, warehouse bingo. Take a look
21:23at what this looks like. Now, these
21:25warehouses are ranked by size, and the
21:28biggest one is the Moscow region one.
21:30That's not touched yet, but I'm sure
21:32it's going to be touched very soon. The
21:34second biggest one is in the same
21:35region, completely destroyed. Third,
21:37fourth destroyed. The fifth one has been
21:40hit, but not destroyed yet. So, it's
21:41damaged, but not destroyed. Sixth
21:44destroyed, and then you can see all the
21:46other ones. In total, 10 warehouses out
21:48of top 24 have been destroyed, and other
21:51three have been damaged. So, let's see
21:53how long it takes for us to get bingo.
21:55In total, drone strikes have knocked out
21:57more than 15% of Wildberries warehouse
21:59capacity in Russia. Since July 18th,
22:02when this campaign began, at least eight
22:04of the marketplaces warehouses, with a
22:06combined area of about 860,000 square
22:09meters. I think that's roughly the size
22:11of Monaco, or double the size of Monaco,
22:14actually, have been hit. This accounts
22:16for 15.4% of company's total warehouse
22:18capacity. According to Russian media,
22:20the biggest losses are the warehouses in
22:22Moscow region. That's the number two.
22:24That's the second biggest that we just
22:25looked at. And the other one in Ryazan
22:28region. In addition, fires have broken
22:30out at other facilities in St.
22:32Petersburg and in occupied Simferopol.
22:35Here's the map. You can see all of this.
22:36And if you guys pay attention, this is
22:38basically western Russia. And this is
22:41kind of the negative of Russian
22:43geography. A lot of the people
22:46vast majority of the people in Russia
22:48live on the western side of the country,
22:50even though the country is so massive.
22:52And that means all the economic centers,
22:54all the warehouses, all the businesses,
22:56they are on the western side. So, easier
22:58for Ukraine to get to them than
23:00something that's like on the east side.
23:02And again, I'm not saying there are not
23:03people in eastern Russia. It's just vast
23:05majority of Russians and the economy is
23:08centered around the west and that's why
23:10you see all these strikes in such a
23:12small area. Now, here's a funny meme
23:14that popped up on Russian social media.
23:16Some Russians are now talking about,
23:18"Hey, maybe we can move these warehouses
23:20underground." And one of the comments to
23:23this idea says, "Perhaps Putin will have
23:25to make a little room in his bunker. So,
23:28you know, we can store some supplies." I
23:30doubt Putin is going to let people into
23:31his bunker, but that's what Russians are
23:33laughing about right now. Now, on top of
23:35this, there's another comedic news
23:37that's coming out of Russia. And this is
23:39where just a little bit more context.
23:41You guys know how eBay is kind of like
23:43Amazon? It's not really like Amazon, but
23:44it is a little bit. Well, in Russia,
23:46there's this other company called Ozon,
23:49which is basically like Amazon, like
23:51Wildberries. It's just smaller. So, it's
23:53a small competitor. And this is what
23:55Ozon warehouses are now painting on top
23:58of their warehouses on the roof. Take a
24:00look. The roof says, "This is not
24:01Wildberries. Please fly away." Now,
24:04important point here, Ozon, much like
24:06Wildberries, is also working with the
24:07Russian military helping with logistics
24:09and everything. So, I doubt this is
24:12going to work. I'm sure Ukrainian drones
24:13are going to go after this warehouse at
24:15some point. But it is still funny that
24:17this is what Russian media is reporting.
24:19This is what Putin's Russia has come to
24:22where companies, instead of depending on
24:23their own government to protect their
24:25businesses, they're going to just
24:26saying, "Hey, we're not Wildberries.
24:28Just keep going. Keep moving forward."
24:30Anyways, coming back to Wildberries, it
24:32seems like one of the biggest companies
24:33in Russia is looking to leave the
24:35country or at least move some of its
24:38operations out of the country because
24:40it's just safer that way, you know? Take
24:42a look at this news. Russian media
24:43reports that Wildberries urgently
24:45looking for warehouses in Kazakhstan
24:47after attacks by Ukrainian drones. Now,
24:50another important thing I recently read
24:51about, by the way, which I need to cover
24:53in the future, is that warehouses, this
24:56company could probably replace it
24:58easily. What's going to be a bigger
24:59issue is replacing the workers. Much
25:02like Amazon, I'm sure this company is a
25:04major employer inside of Russia. And
25:06right now, there is a positive to
25:08everything Putin is doing when it comes
25:09to economic standpoint, is that Russian
25:11unemployment has been super super low.
25:14It's at like 2%. Historically, that's
25:16not the case in Russia. Unemployment is
25:18usually high. But right now, think about
25:20it. There are million people fighting on
25:22the front lines, probably more than
25:23that, 1.6 million in casualties. And on
25:26top of that, a million people left when
25:28Putin tried mobilizing the country back
25:30in 2022. So so many people, especially
25:33people who used to work, who used to be
25:34part of the workforce, have just left
25:36the country. So, the Russian
25:38unemployment is super low. And if you're
25:40someone who's looking for a job, you can
25:41find a job pretty easily. So, now that
25:44the workers who work at Wildberries are
25:46seeing what's happening to their
25:47warehouses, right? They're not even
25:49getting warnings sometimes. Like some of
25:50these clips that are coming out of
25:52Russia, we see workers running out of
25:55these warehouses while drones are
25:56heading the warehouses. Like, where is
25:58the warning signs that drones are in the
26:00area? Especially now that they know that
26:02Ukraine has a campaign going on against
26:04these warehouses. I feel like workers
26:07should get some kind of heads-up. Hey,
26:08you should evacuate. There are drones
26:10coming to the city. But they're not
26:12getting that. So, if you're a worker
26:13working at one of these warehouses,
26:14you're looking at all this and you're
26:15like, maybe maybe I should get a job
26:18somewhere else. So, they're going to
26:19start leaving, and it's going to end
26:21this company's going to have a very hard
26:23time getting them back. Especially
26:24considering that I doubt these companies
26:26can compete with defense factories or
26:29anything in the defense industry when it
26:31comes to wages, you know? Defense
26:33companies are just paying such a high
26:34rate in Russia that it's very hard to
26:36get the workers to switch back to
26:38something that's paying a lower rate and
26:40probably has a higher risk now. But
26:42anyways, that's something we will dig
26:44deeper into in the future. But now, I
26:46want to look at how the Russian media is
26:48covering all this, especially the
26:50warehouse strikes. So, take a listen.
26:52>> Today, Nezavisimaya Gazeta has an
26:53opinion piece on what to do about
26:56Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian
26:58warehouses.
26:59The daily raids by Ukrainian drones on
27:02the entire European part of Russia
27:04require an urgent, decisive, and
27:06systematic response.
27:09An analysis of reports by Russia's
27:10Defense Ministry shows that since the
27:12start of 2026, more than 50 regions of
27:15Russia have come under regular attack by
27:17aerial armies of between 500 800 drones.
27:21But in this air war, an additional front
27:24has been opened.
27:25One after another, warehouses with
27:27civilian goods for online retail are
27:30burning. For example, today, that's
27:33yesterday, the Wildberries warehouse in
27:35the Ryazan region was under attack. This
27:38requires special attention.
27:41Kyiv's large-scale war on marketplaces
27:44is apparently aimed at sharply
27:45destabilizing the country's consumer
27:47market, spurring inflation, and in
27:49addition, psychologically traumatizing a
27:51significant part of the population,
27:54breaking the foundations of its daily
27:56existence, perhaps even sparking social
27:59discontent and localized unrest that can
28:01somehow affect the upcoming elections.
28:04First, it is necessary to quickly help
28:06operators of large warehouse complexes
28:09to protect from further air attacks,
28:11facilities that are totally vulnerable
28:13due to their size, openness, and
28:15accessibility.
28:17Warehouses, however, also have an
28:19advantage. The large space on their flat
28:21roofs is convenient [music]
28:23for fortified air defense points, for
28:26which good old sandbags, searchlights,
28:29large-caliber machine gun systems, and
28:31rapid-fire anti-aircraft guns are
28:33suitable.
28:35There may also be launch points for
28:37drone interceptors and reinforced
28:39firefighting installations.
28:42On the approaches to warehouses, when
28:44there's an alarm, it's quite possible to
28:46put into the air barrage balloons.
28:48Perhaps it's time to create and train
28:50civilian anti-drone volunteer squads.
28:53>> So, those are the next steps for the
28:55Russian population. First, train
28:57volunteer anti-drone squads. And then
28:59they're going to be like, "Hey, these
29:01guys are already trained. Why not just
29:04send them to the front lines? It would
29:05be quicker since Russia always needs
29:07troops at the front, right?" I'm sure
29:09that's going to happen next. Now, since
29:11we are talking about drones, there's one
29:12more thing you need to see. Ukrainian
29:14shotgun drones. Drones that can
29:16literally shoot down Russian drones
29:18using shotguns mid-air. And again, this
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29:44>> Yeah.
29:46Uh
29:48You have this uh
29:49problem with kinetic and when you're
29:51hitting one drone on another, it's a
29:53one-for-one exchange. That's not
29:56um you know, eventually that's not
29:58effective.
29:59So, we have a larger drone in in almost
30:03every case, the Ukrainian drone toting
30:05that shotgun is going to be slightly
30:08larger than the drone it's hitting. You
30:09see, they're all quadcopters. They
30:11started out literally with double-barrel
30:13shotguns like Elmer Fudd. So, they got
30:15two shots, one barrel and the other
30:17barrel. But they've been able to cut
30:19down semi-automatic shotguns like a
30:22Remington 1100. And you know, every time
30:25you pull the trigger, a round comes out,
30:27usually six.
30:28You can extend the mag for eight, but I
30:30I think it's probably six, but you know,
30:33and and you're not even using buckshot,
30:34you're using birdshot cuz you don't
30:36really have to make a big dent in the
30:38other guy's drone to turn it into you
30:40know, flying art.
30:42>> This one's kind of cool. It was
30:44a sea drone.
30:48>> Yeah, there we go. So, the evolution of
30:51unmanned surface vessels, a technology
30:54that Ukraine matured,
30:56they often now can deliver
31:00submunitions, but in this case, they're
31:02delivering other drones.
31:04So, you can see this thing has been
31:06discovered. This is a daylight
31:07operation. You saw it just get missed by
31:10a Russian drone.
31:12And here's the incoming drone, and wham.
31:15I don't know what that target was,
31:17but it seems to be burning pretty well.
31:20So, you see these longer strips of fire,
31:22that implies to me that it was a heavy
31:25fuel oil.
31:27Because if it's gasoline,
31:29it'll tend to go up all at once. If it's
31:31a heavier oil, lubricant maybe, they
31:33don't burn as quickly, but they'll move
31:35along the ground like that. One cool
31:37thing about this, so this is the manner
31:39in which Ukraine was able to nibble away
31:43at the Crimean air defenses. So, they
31:46send one of these in at night, it would
31:48creep up to the shore, release one or
31:50two drones, and they'd attack Russian
31:53radars and sensor antennas. And see that
31:56big mast that is extended there?
32:00That's to increase the range
32:03of the,
32:04you know, of the drone control. So, that
32:06can actually be That mast can be lifted,
32:09so it deploys a fiber optic cable and
32:13keeps it off the water, cuz that will
32:16enable the drone,
32:18the unmanned surface vessel to move
32:20around. So, it's not pinned anywhere.
32:25So, all this stuff is pretty cool, and I
32:26can tell you what the US Navy
32:29developed this technology, and it was
32:31principally used in my day, it was they
32:34were special access programs, and it was
32:36used mostly for reconnaissance. But, you
32:38know, does the US Navy have stuff like
32:40this? Yeah, because they watch your
32:42channel and they write it down and go,
32:43"Hey, we got we need to get one of
32:44these."
32:46>> It's pretty cool.
32:47>> Okay.
32:48Uh Ukraine has hit 170
32:51merchant ships in the Sea of Azov and
32:54the Black Sea. Sea of Azov is on top
32:57there.
32:57You can see these two uh tankers. I've
33:00reported on this for the Kyiv Post,
33:01Louise and Banda, Louise 1 and Banda.
33:05You just saw what was likely cannon fire
33:08fired from an aircraft to hit this
33:11drone.
33:12Okay, it missed, but eventually the
33:15aircraft broke off the attack because it
33:17was too close to the tanker.
33:19So, that probably was a was a bomb they
33:23tried to drop, but that's, you know,
33:25ridiculous.
33:26So, we're going for a mission kill here.
33:28You're hitting the ship right where you
33:30want to, between the rudder post and
33:33what's called the packing gland, which
33:36is the
33:37uh flange that allows the propeller to
33:40turn.
33:41So, you hit a ship there and it's got to
33:43go into a shipyard to be repaired.
33:46The other thing is they're not trying to
33:49release oil, right? And they're not
33:51trying to kill the crewmen.
33:53They're
33:54they're knocking the wheels off this
33:56thing.
33:57And Ukraine has been exceptional about
33:59doing that. But, every one of these
34:01tankers are already internationally
34:03sanctioned.
34:05The other thing I'll point out is they
34:07were anchored close to the Russian naval
34:09base at Novorossiysk, which is to the
34:12east.
34:13Uh good luck. If you sailed in and
34:16you're making about $43 million a load
34:18on a tanker of this size, you expect the
34:21Russian Navy to put out and help you?
34:23It's not going to happen, dude. They
34:24can't. They'd love to,
34:26but they can't.
34:29I love a little maritime sabotage.
34:31That's uh, you know, that's where I got
34:33started. So uh uh
34:35it's my roots.
34:37>> These sea drones are pretty cool.
34:38>> awesome, man.
34:40You know, they can move about you know,
34:4240 knots. Uh they don't often have to go
34:45that fast. They're made out of carbon
34:47fiber and I suspect that this has radar
34:50absorbing paint on it as well.
34:54When you have that kind of a platform
34:56the radar can't see you, but sometimes
34:58it can see your wake. So you go slower.
35:02>> So they're pretty much undetectable by
35:04these these ships.
35:05>> Yeah, we we had a when I first got into
35:07the Navy, we had a patrol boat called
35:09the Sea Fox
35:10and it had zigzags on the windows. It
35:13was gray and what was not advertised
35:16about the Sea Fox was it was completely
35:18invisible to radar.
35:20They didn't mention it to anybody.
35:22And in my day it was we could not be
35:25seen unless we were going about 35 knots
35:29and it put up a rooster tail and they
35:30could radar could pick up your rooster
35:33tail.
35:34So that was a stealth program that hid
35:36completely in plain sight. And
35:39interestingly, they sold five Sea Fox
35:41patrol boats to the Israelis, but they
35:44put bands of metal in them.
35:47So
35:48they they actually did show up on radar.
35:51It was a pretty weird little little
35:53trick, but sea drones here, I think
35:55we're looking at the same technology.
35:56>> How many of these does it take to take
35:58one of these tankers down?
35:59>> Just one.
36:01>> Oh, wow.
36:01>> You know, on a warship you've got
36:04you know, well an aircraft carrier is a
36:05big example. There's 5,000 people on an
36:07aircraft carrier. You got a 300-ft
36:10destroyer, there might be 200 people on
36:12it because you've got a you've got to
36:14work all the sensors, you've got to work
36:16all the weapons and you need the rest of
36:18the crew to repair damage.
36:20And you know, this merchant even the one
36:22we're looking at now, it probably
36:24doesn't even have 30 guys on it.
36:26And you know, their ability for damage
36:28control is limited.
36:30>> It's a lot of oil for Russia.
36:31>> Yeah, it is. But, you know what? They're
36:33Listen, they're not they're not
36:35exporting distillates anymore. They
36:36don't export gasoline or diesel anymore.
36:39They can't get it. Their their
36:41supply is 65% below
36:44uh consumption and uh
36:48you know, we're we're looking at the
36:50beginning of the end of this war. I I
36:53really feel that way.
36:54>> See a
36:56couple uh
36:58thing
37:01>> Yeah, I remember this one. So,
37:03that is uh an [music] air strike on a
37:06drone control point. So, we've got a big
37:09explosion like that. And then, this is
37:11the battle damage assessment.
37:14Uh so, you've got a Ukrainian fighter
37:16that actually delivered a guided bomb
37:19onto this target. I don't know exactly
37:21where this is, but I expect that is a
37:23canal over
37:25uh
37:26on the left side of the photo.
37:29You know, the fact that there is a
37:30Ukrainian air strike is says a lot about
37:33the local air superiority or dominance
37:36over the zero line.
37:394 years ago, Russia had you know, air
37:42superiority everywhere.
37:44Now, both sides switch with local air
37:47dominance.
37:49And generally, these guided bombs
37:50they're saved for
37:52command nodes and drone control points.
37:56So, you can see if you were taking
37:59you know, if you took refuge in that
38:00building, uh you know,
38:02we might find a sock, maybe. But, uh
38:06that was the whole purpose of the
38:06strike.
38:07>> This is a glide bomb from a fighter.
38:09>> Yeah, it's it's I think in this case,
38:11it's probably you know, they call them
38:13glide bombs. This came in so fast. I
38:16think we're looking at more of a French
38:18AASM Hammer
38:20bomb or a GBU kind of uh
38:24uh you know, what did you used to be
38:25called a JDAM? You know, it has minimal
38:29flight surfaces, but it can be guided.
38:32In a lot of case, the Russian glide
38:34bombs
38:35they resemble what what is called a JDAM
38:38ER.
38:40So, the Russian glide bombs extend
38:41wings.
38:43And they move really pretty fast, but
38:45you might be able to see them.
38:48It's something like a GBU or a
38:50Hammer, they're going too fast really to
38:52see. You can hear them sometimes.
38:56If you can hear them, uh chances are
38:57you're the target.
38:59So.
39:00It's not really a good thing to hear.
39:03Okay.
39:05Here we've got uh something that I have
39:07quite a lot of experience getting shot
39:08at with, which is a you know, Grad 21.
39:12In my era, it was called a Katyusha,
39:14which was the carryover name from World
39:16War II. And again, if you want to
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39:21Sam, and I'll see you guys in the next
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