Russian Strikes Enrage Zelensky; Russian Airports Threat; Putin No Talks With Terrorists; Orekhov (Alexander Mercouris)

Zelensky is warning foreign airlines that Russian airspace is becoming unsafe, an open threat to attack Moscow and St Petersburg airports that Vladimir Putin has now branded a declaration of state terrorism. Alexander breaks down Putin's Bishkek press conference, from the blunt words we do not negotiate with terrorists to the collapsing Ukrainian front lines at Kharkov, Siversk and the Barvinkove pocket. Is Zelensky's latest threat the spark that finally triggers the retaliation Putin has promised?



Time Stamps:

00:00:00 Intro to today's program
00:00:53 Russian drone and missile strikes pound Kiev and Odessa
00:03:22 Zelensky blames Europe for being on holiday
00:05:38 Zelensky threatens airlines flying to Russian airports
00:07:49 Turkish Airlines reportedly cutting flights to Russia
00:13:56 Putin responds to Zelensky's airport threat
00:16:29 Putin says Russia does not negotiate with terrorists
00:17:15 Ratcliffe's Moscow trip and a proposed Putin Zelensky Trump summit
00:19:53 Why Russia has not targeted Ukraine's leadership
00:22:38 Modi presses Putin for a negotiated peace in Bishkek
00:31:07 Putin details Ukraine's economic and financial collapse
00:39:13 Ukrainian forces encircled in the Barvinkove pocket
00:49:58 Putin rejects returning to the Black Sea grain deal
00:55:09 Putin denies rumors of a new Russian mobilization
00:56:06 Russia moves to protect oil refineries from drone attacks
01:04:27 China's Xi Jinping distances himself from Ukraine diplomacy
01:08:03 Power of Siberia 2 pipeline renamed Power of Baikal
01:10:20 CIA chief Ratcliffe and the state of US Russia relations
01:13:04 Ukraine grows more reckless as the war enters a dangerous phase

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, September 4, 2026.]