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[00:03:41] they say that in Ukraine they know how to make revolutions, maidans, coups,
[00:03:45] change of elites - this is almost a national sport, but in
[00:03:48] July 2026, Kyiv experienced
[00:03:52] something completely
[00:03:53] new,
[00:03:59] yes, Ukrainians took to the streets to protest
[00:04:02] against the minister's resignation, not for his departure, but
[00:04:06] against it. This is the first time in the country's
[00:04:08] history.
[00:04:16] To understand the absurdity of what's happening, let's go back a bit:
[00:04:19] January 2026, Vladimir Zelensky appoints Mikhail
[00:04:23] Fedorov as Minister of
[00:04:24] Defense.
[00:05:42] Fedorov publicly quarreled with the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
[00:05:45] Alexander Syrsky. According to The Economist, he was even seeking his
[00:05:49] resignation. In short, either you or I. Zelensky
[00:05:53] chose Syrsky. The government can take over,
[00:05:56] and Zelensky will blame all
[00:05:59] those failures and negativity that have happened recently. For example,
[00:06:03] the explosion in Vishnyove, where
[00:06:06] many people died, where
[00:06:09] streets and houses were destroyed, about a hundred houses there.
[00:07:42] shareholder Timur Mindich and a peculiar view on life. As
[00:07:46] many troubles,
[00:07:49] like many troubles in Ukraine, everything is connected with post-Soviet mentality
[00:07:53] plus Russian proximity to Russia. Russia always had,
[00:07:56] one way or another, the goal of controlling Ukraine, whether physically or
[00:08:00] economically, and somehow gas, I don't remember, in the seventies or
[00:08:03] eighties, we had almost 70 billion
[00:08:07] in production, then it all fell, no one was engaged in
[00:08:10] new drilling, development. all this was done in Russia, and if
[00:08:14] there were some public projects that something needed to be
[00:08:17] restored, modernized, developed, at
[00:08:20] that moment, if roughly speaking, Russians appeared who
[00:08:23] offered a super-adequate or possibly inadequate economic
[00:08:27] price, which nullified the desire of investors to bury
[00:08:31] money in their own development, and why?
[00:08:34] So they'll give us two kopecks cheaper.
[00:08:38] Koretsky has one small feature, he is Timur
[00:08:41] Mindich's man.
[00:09:12] agreed to the details, that is, she was already so
[00:09:16] compliant that Zelensky himself at
[00:09:19] meetings would say, "Can't you decide this without me?" That is,
[00:09:22] there was, you know,
[00:09:25] an overzealousness towards superiors and so on. Well,
[00:09:29] while ministers were being changed in Kyiv, in Washington another
[00:09:32] scandal was brewing: the Ukrainian ambassador to the USA Olga Stefanyshyna resigned
[00:09:35] due to personal circumstances, as
[00:09:38] it was officially written again, but in
[00:09:42] reality... The Ambassador of Ukraine to the USA Stefanyshyna was accused of
[00:09:45] embezzling 55,800 dollars. The National
[00:09:49] Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine is investigating the circumstances of her
[00:09:53] family's purchase of an apartment in Kyiv at a price significantly lower
[00:09:56] than market value. In addition, Stefanyshyna is involved in a case of embezzlement of
[00:10:00] international aid, which is being considered by the High
[00:10:03] Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine. By the way,
[00:10:05] Stefanyshyna served as ambassador to the USA for less than a year.
[00:10:09] It was not a coincidence, they couldn't even convince the Americans. Through
[00:10:13] the art of reaming.
[00:10:16] Our relations with the US for the future. We have a deal for
[00:10:20] rare earth metals, we have a deal for drones, we showed
[00:10:23] parity.
[00:11:32] While politicians squabble, while ambassadors sell apartments, while protesters stand in front of the government, the Ukrainian drone
[00:11:36] industry is working as it should, earning money. In July
[00:11:40] 2026, the American company Reconcraft signed
[00:11:43] an agreement with the Ukrainian side. The topic is licensed
[00:11:47] production of Magura naval attack drones on US
[00:11:50] territory.
[00:11:55] A beautiful story, but there's one nuance: Russia has already
[00:11:59] destroyed this factory in Kyiv, that very American one for UAV production.
[00:12:03] The Guardian wrote about it without unnecessary
[00:12:06] emotions, just a fact.
[00:12:10] War is not only a tragedy, war is a market, so don't
[00:12:13] look up. Ukrainians will tell their citizens this for a long
[00:12:17] time. Ukraine has nothing left, well, effectively by the end of
[00:12:20] August they have nothing left to finance their own army, so yes, they
[00:12:24] will. with outstretched hands go to Europe, but there too
[00:12:28] the possibilities are not unlimited and the desire of very many European
[00:12:31] countries, well, there is no special desire to finance
[00:12:34] Ukraine, they themselves create a problem
[00:12:37] that is becoming increasingly difficult
[00:12:40] to solve. There is a cause-and-effect relationship between one
[00:12:44] event or another, starting from Odesa, ending with
[00:12:47] the deficit of all these Patriot missiles and so
[00:12:51] on. These missiles are actually in Europe, there are...
[00:12:55] around 3,000 pieces. And why doesn't Europe give these missiles?
[00:12:58] Because it cannot give them. Why can't it give them? Because
[00:13:02] they convinced their societies, their countries,
[00:13:05] and their voters that Russia will attack them not
[00:13:09] today, but tomorrow. And how in these conditions can they transfer missiles?
[00:13:13] July 28, Washington, White House. Zelensky flies to
[00:13:16] Trump. Serious agenda missiles for Patriot. New
[00:13:20] aid package, peace negotiations, weapons, money,
[00:13:23] closed-door meeting.
[00:13:30] A good meeting with President Trump in the Oval Office,
[00:13:34] that's all Zelensky wrote about the results of the negotiations, no aid
[00:13:38] packages, no dates, no figures, no agreements. In
[00:13:41] diplomacy, a positive and productive atmosphere means
[00:13:45] only one thing: they failed to agree, but they also didn't
[00:13:48] fight, except that Zelensky managed to persuade an American blogger
[00:13:52] to his side.
[00:13:55] I am not speaking for the president, I am not saying that Donald Trump
[00:13:59] should kill Vladimir Putin, I am just saying, if
[00:14:03] I were president of the United States and I found out that another
[00:14:06] country was lying to my face and supplying weapons to a country
[00:14:10] with which I am at war, a country
[00:14:13] that 20 times a day broadcasts on its national
[00:14:16] state television, "Kill Trump, Death to America,
[00:14:20] Death to Trump," you know, I would
[00:14:23] find a way to do it.
[00:14:32] geopolitics from a pro-Trump journalist, but did Zelensky
[00:14:36] get anything from this trip? The US is currently experiencing
[00:14:39] very serious discontent, Minister of War
[00:14:43] Pete Hecsot has already publicly stated that since Biden's
[00:14:47] time, virtually all American weapons
[00:14:50] from warehouses have been transferred
[00:14:52] to Ukraine to Zelensky. to lead.
[00:15:25] cannot handle two hot conflicts with
[00:15:28] Iran in the Strait of Hormuz, with
[00:15:31] Russia in Ukraine, so we have a conversation with Lockheed Martin
[00:15:35] about technologies and joint production.
[00:15:37] a meeting with senators, a meeting with the President of Finland, Stubb,
[00:15:41] right there in Washington, convenient, and then a mourning
[00:15:44] ceremony, bidding farewell to Senator Lindsey Graham, the main friend
[00:15:48] of Ukraine in the American
[00:15:50] Senate.
[00:15:57] Symbolism on the verge of a foul. Zelensky flew away, in a good
[00:16:01] mood and empty- handed. However, he left a media
[00:16:04] bomb for journalists on Fox News.
[00:16:08] Let's be honest, I don't want to be too frank about this, yes,
[00:16:12] because the Russians will understand what is happening with our army,
[00:16:15] but I can say that Ukraine has lost about 50
[00:16:18] thousand soldiers on the battlefield, 4,000 people are wounded,
[00:16:22] Vladimir Alexandrovich already counts Russian deaths in the millions,
[00:16:25] but there's a point, a couple of months ago Zelensky said that
[00:16:28] Ukraine had lost 55 thousand
[00:16:32] soldiers, so it turns out that either Ze is lying, or
[00:16:35] he found the philosopher's stone, but...
[00:16:37] judging by Ukrainian social networks, the former is much
[00:16:40] more likely.
[00:16:47] Well, while the president was flying to Trump, Ukraine's economy
[00:16:50] continued to live its own life. The country's national debt
[00:16:54] exceeded 104% of GDP.
[00:16:57] Since the beginning of 2026, Ukraine has already transferred to
[00:17:00] the IMF about a billion dollars just in interest
[00:17:03] and monthly. Yes, mediately, Russian MarketPlace warehouses. if
[00:17:07] speaking about
[00:17:14] the worsening situation, the situation is significantly worsening due
[00:17:17] to logistics, due to shelling. I
[00:17:21] meet with businesses every day and indeed such
[00:17:24] despair from losses, from losses of warehouse
[00:17:28] premises, from loss of goods, stock of goods, has not been since
[00:17:31] 2022, so the economy is suffering
[00:17:35] significant losses today. So what are the
[00:17:37] results of the Ukrainian summer? Zelensky is an experienced actor, this is not
[00:17:41] an insult, it's a fact of his biography. He knows how to create
[00:17:44] images of an unyielding leader, a tough negotiator,
[00:17:48] a man who calls from a bunker at three in the morning and says: we need
[00:17:52] weapons, not a taxi. But the TV series Servant of the People ended in
[00:17:55] the third season, but prophecies are still
[00:17:59] coming true. People,
[00:18:01] Ukrainians, those who haven't left,
[00:18:04] come out!
[00:18:08] Ukraine is melting away before our eyes, people are fleeing, the economy is impoverishing,
[00:18:12] politics is degrading, war is devouring its own children,
[00:18:16] a sad culmination of a show that we mistakenly for many
[00:18:19] years perceived as a comedy.
[00:18:44] The National Library of Belarus, in the shape of a Rhombicuboctahedron,
[00:18:48] is among the top 50 most unusual buildings in the world.
[00:18:52] At night, the diamond of knowledge, 73
[00:18:55] meters high, is visible even from space. Moreover,
[00:18:58] the Belarusian National Library is one of
[00:19:02] the largest in the world. It is rightfully a
[00:19:05] calling card of our country.
[00:19:08] Today, it is not only a rich collection of books, but also a huge
[00:19:11] multifunctional center where high technologies,
[00:19:14] ultra-modern design, and unusual
[00:19:18] architecture meet. The faceted diamond symbolizes the value
[00:19:21] of knowledge and the infinity of the cognizable world.
[00:19:25] Grandiose construction, in which about
[00:19:28] 5,000 people and 200 organizations
[00:19:31] participated, began in 2002. Work was carried out
[00:19:35] around the clock, all for the purpose of... On June 16,
[00:19:38] 2006, the doors of the building were
[00:19:42] opened. The National Library is located in
[00:19:45] a picturesque park area. In front of the facade
[00:19:48] there is a bronze figure of Francis Skaryna.
[00:19:51] The main entrance is made in the form of an open book with
[00:19:55] images on the theme of the development of world Slavic
[00:19:58] writing, as well as words from the Bible of Francis
[00:20:02] Skaryna. So that the man of God
[00:20:05] might be perfect. And this in 19 languages
[00:20:08] of the world. The interior design uses works by
[00:20:11] contemporary Belarusian artists
[00:20:13] and sculptors. The collection of the diamond of knowledge totals about
[00:20:17] 9 million copies on various
[00:20:20] media. These are printed editions, manuscripts,
[00:20:23] microcopies of documents, as well as electronic materials
[00:20:27] created in Belarus and beyond in more
[00:20:31] than 80 languages. The main part
[00:20:34] of the funds is located on ten floors of the repository.
[00:20:38] There are 20 reading rooms here, and
[00:20:41] that's a total of 2,000 reader seats.
[00:20:45] In 2005, by order of the president, a center
[00:20:48] for international meetings and negotiations at
[00:20:52] the level of heads of state and government was created in the library.
[00:20:56] In the socio-cultural center, art exhibitions are organized.