Putin's Advice to Trump; Ratcliffe's Ukraine Power Grab (The Duran)

Ukraine's military and financial collapse is accelerating as Russian forces bomb Black Sea ports and logistics hubs while Kiev runs low on fuel and cash. In this episode we break down Putin's blunt advice to Trump to simply stop helping Ukraine, the CIA's Ratcliffe pushing to replace Witkoff and Kushner as chief negotiator, and the New York Times and Spectator reports admitting Ukraine is losing the war. With Zelensky flying to the UN chasing more money instead of missiles, how much longer can this go on?



Time Stamps:

00:00:00 Intro: the military picture
00:00:50 Ukraine's military situation is deteriorating fast
00:01:10 Russia bombs Ukraine's Black Sea ports
00:02:23 Round the clock strikes resume on Kiev with no air defense
00:04:01 Ukrainian troops reportedly pull back near Kramatorsk and Kharkiv
00:05:44 Is the reported Lyman counteroffensive real or a media construct
00:06:33 Ukraine's economy and tax revenue are collapsing
00:07:30 New York Times asks where Ukraine's 27 billion dollars went
00:09:16 The pattern behind Ukraine's PR offensives
00:13:17 Zelensky asks for 27 billion in weapons and 36 billion for government
00:14:18 The Spectator says plainly that Ukraine is losing the war
00:19:15 Ratcliffe's threats and Witkoff and Kushner's bribes both fail
00:23:53 Ratcliffe's push to become chief negotiator and escalate
00:27:03 Putin tells Trump to simply stop helping Ukraine
00:29:33 Zelensky heads to the UN chasing money

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, September 13, 2026.]