Russia Donbas Knockout Blow Dobropilia Cauldron Slaviansk Crisis; Lavrov West Diplomacy All Trickery (Alexander Mercouris)

Time Stamps:

00:00:00 Friday program introduction
00:00:28 Catastrophe developing for Ukraine in Donbas and Zaporizhzhia
00:01:18 Gerasimov explains why Donbas matters most
00:02:46 Gerasimov calls Zaporizhzhia claims a propaganda campaign
00:05:17 Dobropillia situation turns from bad to catastrophic
00:09:07 Third Azov Corps under Bilecki defends Dobropillia
00:12:02 Russians take half of Oleksandrivka near Sloviansk
00:18:51 Drone footage confirms Russian control of Malaya Tokmachka
00:20:00 Russian troops filmed in the center of Orikhiv
00:23:48 Kherson region population ordered to evacuate
00:25:50 Russia nears encirclement of Sumy city
00:26:31 North Korean troop buildup reported in Bryansk and Kursk
00:27:34 Russian economy keeps growing despite Ukrainian strikes
00:29:53 Seventy ships stranded off the Romanian coast
00:32:58 New York Times floats new theory on Ratcliffe's Moscow trip
00:37:17 Mercouris explains why the New York Times story is absurd
00:43:16 Lavrov details his meeting with the Vatican's Gallagher
00:52:42 Lavrov says Western diplomacy is deception and trickery
01:02:16 EU revives plan to seize Russia's frozen assets

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, August 30, 2026.]