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00:00:04believe that the breakthroughs
00:00:17the positioning of the US army in
00:00:30Peace, mercy and blessings of God be upon you. today, there is war and tomorrow there is no war. This is not at the United
00:00:32I think if this From the news center of the Sultanate of Oman TV, we greet you
00:00:34and present to you the 10 PM news. Welcome,
00:00:38and we begin the bulletin with the most prominent
00:00:42the threats have a kind headlines. His Majesty the Sultan,
00:00:44may God protect and preserve him, congratulates the Armenian President and the Maltese President
00:00:48on the occasion of the anniversary of their countries' independence.
00:00:50بلديهما
00:00:56The American president says that he is about to make a decision
00:00:59regarding Iran, and Tehran warns Washington against launching new
00:01:03attacks and promises a bigger
00:01:05response.
00:01:10a defense of Iran, but on Ukrainian attack on Russia
00:01:12with more than 1600
00:01:15al-Mandab. drones, and Moscow announces a meeting with Washington to discuss the end
00:01:19of the war.
00:01:23And we follow, dear viewers, in economic
00:01:24news.
00:01:27Invest in Oman continues its efforts
00:01:29war, and Trump came and destroyed to localize localizing components of
00:01:32the electrical transformer industry with investments exceeding
00:01:3615 million Omani
00:01:37Riyals.
00:01:41And in sports news,
00:01:42you will follow
00:01:46drones on the Russian perhaps in the global economy and in the national football team continuing
00:01:48States of America is true, there its preparations in Jeddah for its opening
00:01:51match in the Arab Gulf Cup, which brings it together
00:01:54with the Iraqi
00:01:55team.
00:02:06used drones deep in regarding ending the war, and Iran His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said,
00:02:09etc. I mean, this may God protect and preserve him,
00:02:14number, and despite obstructive conditions, or we always sent a telegram of congratulations to His Excellency President Vahagn Khachaturyan, President of the Republic of Armenia, on the occasion
00:02:17of his country's Independence Day. His Majesty
00:02:20the Sultan expressed his sincere wishes for His Excellency
00:02:24and Iran also for continued success to extort the global economy. and prosperity and the achievement
00:02:27of more aspirations sought by the people of his friendly
00:02:30country.
00:02:33His Majesty
00:02:35is from both sides. Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, may God protect and preserve him,
00:02:38sent a telegram of congratulations to Her Excellency President Myriam Spiteri
00:02:42making concessions. Debono, President of the Republic of Malta,
00:02:46prevented medical teams and changing the laws in on the occasion of her country's independence day. He wished for this friendly
00:02:50energy prices and their impact on country more achievements on all
00:02:53Therefore, we have seen many fronts, and for the relations of friendship and cooperation between
00:02:56the two countries to grow and prosper.
00:03:09US President Donald
00:03:11to be at the table before Trump said that he is about to make a decision regarding Iran, and Trump
00:03:14added during statements to an American
00:03:18television channel that something
00:03:20and their war on allies in big may happen very soon regarding
00:03:25explained that the work at I told you, don't Iran, and the US President confirmed that he is open to the idea of meeting his Iranian counterpart, Massoud Pezeshkian,
00:03:31is listening to President Trump, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. Trump
00:03:34700,000 displaced also indicated that the options currently on the table are
00:03:37but this military action in Iran or continued economic
00:03:41America's goals are to control blockade or reaching
00:03:42an agreement.
00:03:47to ensure The Speaker of the Iranian Shura Council, Mohammad Baqer
00:03:50Qalibaf, affirmed that his country conveyed to the United
00:03:53through the coalition of 41 countries States its conditions for returning to the previous
00:03:57negotiation conditions and restoring maritime navigation in the region
00:04:00to its natural state. The Islamic Republic
00:04:03News Agency quoted
00:04:06Qalibaf as saying that Iranian messages and conditions
00:04:10were conveyed through intermediaries, pointing out that
00:04:14intentions for a diplomatic if Tehran's conditions are not fully met, there will be
00:04:17no room for returning
00:04:19to negotiations.
00:04:21concessions, because it is a state Meanwhile, the Iranian army warned the United States against
00:04:25in directing the strike at this launching new attacks, indicating that it
00:04:27would respond forcefully. on
00:04:38To talk more about the latest developments in the American-Iranian
00:04:43and fought in file, we are joined from the Jordanian capital Amman
00:04:47by political analyst Adel
00:04:50are the ones who will get Mahmoud. After welcoming you, Mr. Adel, how do you read the statements of the American
00:04:54President that something big may happen very soon
00:04:58and resulted in the death of at regarding Iran? The impact of these statements,
00:05:02especially since Trump limited
00:05:05Moscow. In if Trump indicates that the options to a major military operation or continued blockade or reaching
00:05:11of bombers from American an agreement or reaching.
00:05:15Good evening to you and all viewers. In the beginning, we must
00:05:18focus on Trump's actions, not
00:05:22his words. Today, we are facing a political puzzle,
00:05:25meaning he presented three options,
00:05:28but I believe that the United States of America
00:05:31needs during Trump's anticipated
00:05:35meeting with Gulf leaders and some Arab leaders
00:05:40Nations General Assembly
00:05:43to declare something. Perhaps it will be a unilateral
00:05:47decision. The reaction to cancelling his visit
00:05:51raises questions, especially after Mohsen
00:05:53Rezaei's statements when he said, "We are waiting for
00:05:56the American answer." Perhaps the Iranian
00:06:00diplomatic responses were not
00:06:03at the level that Trump wanted, but the state of no
00:06:07war, no peace is indeed draining
00:06:11Iran, and as the Iranian
00:06:13officials say, they want to end the state
00:06:17of endless war, meaning the Middle
00:06:20East is once again hostage to
00:06:22American expectations. Go to war, Iran,
00:06:26go. Go to negotiations, go. This
00:06:29fluctuating state and intermittent
00:06:32wars, it is as if
00:06:35the United States of America,
00:06:37which introduced the world
00:06:41and created the global economy from
00:06:44the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz and today before Bab
00:06:47al-Mandab, it wants this
00:06:51state, the state of no war, no peace, because
00:06:55now there are extortions
00:06:58closed rooms for the region's security, meaning
00:07:02the blockade is in place. If we take the second option,
00:07:05the military option, we have tried all the intermittent
00:07:09wars. What remains is the deal. So, don't be surprised.
00:07:13Perhaps he will announce a big decision
00:07:17cannot conduct a nuclear program,
00:07:22president does not have a mandate from the deep
00:07:25state within the United States of America after
00:07:28its disappointment in his decision to back down last
00:07:31August from what is called the comprehensive operation or
00:07:35the decisive operation. Now he has an internal problem
00:07:39of divisions, just like within Iran, within America.
00:07:42On the eve of the midterm elections, meaning
00:07:46he wanted to bargain with the deep state regarding extending
00:07:50the third term. This may not be apparent, but
00:07:53Trump stated this last month
00:07:58the United States of America. Therefore, this retreat is costly for Trump's
00:08:01personality to the American interior.
00:08:05periods of calm and also a lack of diplomatic
00:08:08movement. But I believe any
00:08:11statements are the most important, as I mentioned
00:08:15at the beginning, his actions. If we go to let's say to
00:08:18limited military operations or the Trump administration needs
00:08:23the anticipated meeting,
00:08:26a historical meeting, I call it, as
00:08:30happened in Sharm El Sheikh last year. The Gaza agreement came during
00:08:34his meeting with the region's leaders, and it was later leaked.
00:08:37There is a Qatari statement today that
00:08:41there is a different proposal. So, the memorandum of understanding
00:08:45was canceled by Rubio. We are now talking with political
00:08:48realism. Two weeks ago, it was canceled. So, we
00:08:51are facing new visions, diplomatic
00:08:54movements. Perhaps there is political dissimulation about
00:08:58what is happening in closed channels regarding
00:09:00a certain event, not necessarily military.
00:09:04I don't know what you expect, as the US State Department
00:09:08warned its citizens in the Middle East. Yes, Mr.
00:09:11Adel, the American President said that he is ready to meet the Iranian
00:09:15President during the United Nations General Assembly, and at
00:09:19the same time, we find a language of threat against
00:09:22Iran. What is the goal of these statements,
00:09:26which may be interpreted
00:09:28as contradictory
00:09:33statements? As I told you, if you filter all his statements
00:09:37since he took office,
00:09:40he used to say that he was a man of peace
00:09:43and ended wars, but during his era,
00:09:45there were multiple wars. He provoked the world when he established the Ministry of War. Of course, these
00:09:49are American programs, regardless of who the president is. He invaded
00:09:53Venezuela Yemen for two months,
00:09:57and Israel unleashed its herds in the West Bank.
00:10:00He used to say there would be no annexation of the West Bank, but in reality, annexation is taking place. He went
00:10:04to war against Iran, and Iran was on the verge
00:10:08of signing an agreement with the United States of America. This means
00:10:12the Iranian President,
00:10:17this meeting is possible, this negates the military
00:10:20escalations and the movements
00:10:23bases in Britain or preparing public opinion that
00:10:27there is an issue of air travel disruption, as the US
00:10:30State Department said.
00:10:33However, on what basis will the meeting
00:10:36be held? Is it inside Iran, as Qalibaf indicated?
00:10:40There are currents that do not want, I mean, the diplomatic
00:10:44solution. Will the Iranian President risk political
00:10:47suicide by meeting without, let's say, something
00:10:51on the table, I mean, signing or announcing a ceasefire?
00:10:57meeting takes place, it will be the beginning
00:11:00of the end of this situation, this crisis. But I
00:11:03don't trust that the meeting will happen, but
00:11:07of blackmail. Let's say the negative
00:11:10statements talk about
00:11:13Iran going to rot. These are not diplomatic
00:11:16statements. No, there is no, let's say,
00:11:20good intentions from the Trump administration yet, nor even from the Iranian
00:11:24interior, some, let's say, political concessions
00:11:27that might be fatal inside
00:11:30Iran later if they happen. So, the scene now,
00:11:34in my opinion, is the focus of attention. It
00:11:37is the real Bab
00:11:40On the other hand, how can Qalibaf's statements be
00:11:43understood, who said that Tehran's conditions have
00:11:47been conveyed to Washington and there are no concessions, and that
00:11:50Tehran must combine fighting
00:11:52and negotiating?
00:11:57Look, my lady, everyone is still adhering to their positions,
00:12:01but who benefits from this situation? Now we must
00:12:05speak with complete objectivity before the viewer.
00:12:08Now, the United States of America, whose ambiguous
00:12:12goals in the war on Iran are clear, even the Europeans
00:12:15at the beginning of the crisis were asking what are the goals of the war? If the nuclear
00:12:19file was not opened diplomatically, then if it was ballistic, Iran
00:12:23still has ballistic missiles and also its allies in the region.
00:12:26So, the Iranian now,
00:12:30in its proactive or let's say,
00:12:36say there is adherence to positions without offering
00:12:39concessions. I believe it is for messages to the Iranian
00:12:42interior, not to the United States of America. What was stated
00:12:46in Qatari statements that there is something different, I believe
00:12:49I lean towards this statement, whether it was the Pakistani
00:12:53movement or the marathon rounds of
00:12:57Omani firefighting diplomacy through its foreign
00:13:00minister Rayi, who tried as much as possible to defuse this fuse,
00:13:04but both sides are not
00:13:07So, Qalibaf's statements are for the interior
00:13:11more than the exterior, because perhaps on the horizon
00:13:14there is something, so preparation is being made for the Iranian
00:13:18interior through statements and preparations that there
00:13:21are parties from within that do not want the diplomatic solution. I believe
00:13:25it is now entering into psychological pressure, and now both
00:13:28sides have returned to talking about diplomacy. This scene
00:13:31has completely disappeared. He used to say that negotiating
00:13:35with Iran was not worth the ink on paper. I believe
00:13:38that the region is still hostage to
00:13:41what we call no war, no peace.
00:13:43Are there diplomatic surprises?
00:13:48be surprised if, during a meeting
00:13:51with Gulf leaders and regional leaders, he comes out with a scenario
00:13:56that I wouldn't say is a unilateral ceasefire. Perhaps there will be some
00:14:00breakthrough,
00:14:02file is complex and thorny.
00:14:06wealth and corridors. Therefore, it has placed a foot in Hormuz and now wants
00:14:09through programmed and engineered escalation, the escalation
00:14:13between Yemen and Saudi Arabia and others, and Bab al-Mandab for America to enter
00:14:16as a player, and therefore the American agreement with
00:14:20the Ansar Allah group is likely to collapse.
00:14:23So, the whole scene ultimately leads to
00:14:27the military option, even if there are diplomatic efforts,
00:14:30we wouldn't have been. All of them did not want from
00:14:34the beginning, since last year, after the Hajj, America has no
00:14:39solution, and Iran, on the other hand, has no intentions
00:14:42of, I wouldn't say, making political
00:14:46that will be affected domestically by any political
00:14:50or sovereign concession to the United States of America.
00:14:53Yes, Mr. Adel, the Iranian military leadership warned
00:14:57Washington against launching any attacks and promised
00:15:01a bigger response. How can these statements be interpreted?
00:15:04Can they be interpreted as a shift in the conflict
00:15:08to a more dangerous level, or are
00:15:10they considered a means of pressure to achieve negotiating
00:15:13gains, as
00:15:14you mentioned?
00:15:19Look, my lady, if it happened, meaning tonight or tomorrow after
00:15:22cancelling his visit, and that there is a desire to force Iran
00:15:26to make concessions, as mentioned last week,
00:15:29the strikes. Look, limited strikes do not
00:15:33lead to military decisive action,
00:15:36nor do diplomatic meetings now lead
00:15:39to the end of the scene, meaning the closure
00:15:42of the file diplomatically. So, the Iranian warning
00:15:46is a reflection of the cancellation of the visit and also
00:15:49indicators of military movement, but a comprehensive
00:15:52war. I believe the problem within
00:15:56the United States of America is that the green light has not
00:15:59yet been given because it has undermined the prestige of the US army with many
00:16:03retreats, and we speak colloquially
00:16:07permissible for a country the size of the United States of America and its army, and also
00:16:11Iran now, if the situation remains
00:16:14with limited strikes, it will go to let's say stable countries.
00:16:18And let's not forget, between the lines,
00:16:21many drones of unknown origin came out of
00:16:25Iran or from other parties that were bombing
00:16:28or what we call expanding the scope of the regional
00:16:32conflict is more alarming than the Iranian-American war. No one
00:16:35can give you a real answer yet about who
00:16:38was bombing with drones of unknown origin. Iran
00:16:42often says that it does not bomb intermediaries, and this is possible, not
00:16:47the other hand, I believe that the region
00:16:50is now being blackmailed in closed rooms
00:16:54regarding its security and stability, and anything
00:16:57is possible, but the most important thing is that we
00:17:00are facing a big Iranian reaction. Look,
00:17:04from my readings of the bombing of Jordan and the bombing of specific countries,
00:17:08there was an engineering and timing,
00:17:10and casualties among the American presence in
00:17:14those countries, I wouldn't say bases, but we are talking
00:17:17today about Iran feeling that this is an existential
00:17:20war, and that bargaining with the United
00:17:25are no military balances, and the United States of
00:17:29America is capable, but the American targets inside
00:17:33Iran, no one can give you more
00:17:36than 15,000 targets. And Israel likewise, more than 15 targets. There are no
00:17:40Iranian targets and readings that give you the losses. So, the war
00:17:43is ambiguous. The most important thing is that the expansion
00:17:47of the conflict is more dangerous than the war inside Iran. We
00:17:50are now in the region of the Strait of Hormuz
00:17:53and Bab al-Mandab, which is likely
00:17:58This man, Trump, is bargaining,
00:18:01does not offer its neighbors, let's say, good
00:18:04intentions yet. I believe
00:18:08tonight and tomorrow, if no military operation takes place, then know
00:18:12that the big event he is talking about is perhaps a ceasefire,
00:18:15and we do not know. Yes, Mr. Adel, you mentioned the state
00:18:19of the global economy and its instability
00:18:22regarding what is happening between Iran and America, with rising
00:18:28the global economy, and the impact of this war on
00:18:31maritime navigation. What is expected from the international
00:18:34community, especially with the convening of the United
00:18:38Nations General Assembly?
00:18:38Look,
00:18:43Trump, from the beginning, neutralized
00:18:45the Europeans from participating in this operation. There was always
00:18:49a rule that in any war America fights, its right hand
00:18:52would be Britain, and this did not happen in the war with Iran
00:18:58the region, because America, as I told you, now
00:19:01has an internal economic drain
00:19:04of more than 40 trillion. Now,
00:19:09it wants to address this internal issue by controlling the corridors.
00:19:13Let me give you a realistic example with Venezuela. The Venezuelan
00:19:16oil has been controlled for 100 years. The Danish island and a security
00:19:20agreement allow American control. Now, it has a foothold in
00:19:23Hormuz. No one can get it out, and this war will not end without getting it out.
00:19:27Therefore, the Europeans now,
00:19:31in Saudi Arabia, can enter not
00:19:34to confront Iran, but to confront what is called Bab al-Mandab.
00:19:38these international preparations, unfortunately, this is a dangerous
00:19:41indicator that things are heading towards a new ship war, but
00:19:45the United States of America tells you not to use Hormuz.
00:19:48And it also has an interest in harassing
00:19:50China. Iranian oil and also
00:19:54allies have been indirectly uncovered.
00:19:57It wants new alliances, and most importantly,
00:20:01Trump said that if the war returns, it will be a matter
00:20:04of extortion. I will give you protection for 20% of the revenue.
00:20:08The man is clear, because there is a political description,
00:20:12not a mockery of the American president, who
00:20:15talks a lot. Sometimes, some words escape him, my lady,
00:20:18and this word builds a lot, builds a lot of positions.
00:20:22Is it desperation for the global economy? Of course, now
00:20:25there is a crisis in Europe, and also
00:20:28Europe has become preoccupied with itself. Russia is in the quagmire of Ukraine,
00:20:31and now, if we enter the crisis of Bab al-Mandab, the littoral
00:20:35states on the Red Sea will face an economic problem.
00:20:38Regarding Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan,
00:20:41I believe the beneficiary of the regional
00:20:44crisis is the United States of America. Iran is besieged,
00:20:48besieged, internally drained. But for how long will this last? I
00:20:54at the high economic level, especially with the arrival of winter,
00:20:57the winter. The United States of America is now rearranging
00:21:00the continents, and the Middle East is a model. This is the root of the problem
00:21:04in, let's say,
00:21:07the seas and maritime corridors, the existence
00:21:09of alternative economic corridors, including Syria, Iraqi
00:21:13oil, etc. You might be surprised that under the umbrella of these
00:21:16complications in closing the corridors, it is not weakening the Iranian
00:21:20card, Hormuz, and creating alternatives. Now there is a shift in the
00:21:24matter of oil and gas that is heading
00:21:27from Russia through Ukraine. This has stopped. Now it has begun
00:21:31to be addressed through Europe and America's ambitions for
00:21:34Gaza gas and South Lebanon gas.
00:21:37The root of the problem is economic wars. The ramifications
00:21:41of regime change, the nuclear issue, all of these are secondary. They were not
00:21:44priorities for the United States of America. If you reap
00:21:48the results of the United States of America, it extorted the global economy
00:21:52and also controls the arrangement for, let's say,
00:21:56agreements in the shadows with specific countries. I believe
00:21:59the war will stop as if it never happened, and things will remain
00:22:02as they are. But the most important thing is, is there a recovery?
00:22:06Is there a breakthrough? This negativity is the responsibility
00:22:09of the United States of America, which plunged the international
00:22:13community as a whole into divisions. Biden divided
00:22:16the international community during the Gaza
00:22:19the international community. This is what happened in the corridors of international forums. Therefore,
00:22:23there is no reliance on the General Assembly. He wants to change
00:22:26many international institutions, and therefore he
00:22:29is now a man, let's say, a skilled sniper.
00:22:33True, but now he is working for personal interests more.
00:22:36Therefore, pay more attention to the fact that addressing
00:22:40the international community's economic crisis
00:22:43that is expected, I believe, requires
00:22:47understandings with the United States of America and compromises. Let's monitor the American-British
00:22:50understanding. This is being done on this axis, this new
00:22:54one that is now changing maritime corridors. We will monitor the situation more closely. If Bab
00:22:58al-Mandab is closed, then know that the United States of America
00:23:01is indeed invading the world and the maritime corridors. Will it achieve
00:23:05that or succeed? It will not succeed. This is another matter. So,
00:23:08from the Jordanian capital, Amman, political analyst Adel Mahmoud,
00:23:12thank you very much.
00:23:13A Palestinian
00:23:16was martyred by Israeli forces' gunfire in the city
00:23:20of Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank.
00:23:23The Palestinian News and Information Agency stated that the occupation
00:23:26forces opened fire at a vehicle, which led
00:23:30to the martyrdom of a young man and the injury of another, indicating that the Israeli
00:23:34occupation forces
00:23:36from approaching the site for several hours.
00:23:40Meanwhile, the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
00:23:43Netanyahu announced the killing of an Israeli due to a firearms
00:23:46attack in the occupied West Bank. In
00:23:56the Gaza Strip, the Ministry of Health announced a reduction
00:24:00in services at Al-Shifa Palestine Hospital in the Khan
00:24:03Yunis governorate, limiting it only to providing emergency
00:24:06services, after the cessation of fuel supply necessary
00:24:10to operate the electric generators. The ministry
00:24:15the hospital is limited to receiving very critical cases,
00:24:19adding that the hospital provides its services to about
00:24:24people who are crowded in its vicinity, in addition to receiving
00:24:28more than 3,000 patients daily.
00:24:31Hospital management estimates that the minimum
00:24:34fuel needs
00:24:37the continued operation of all departments and generators
00:24:41reaches about 100 liters
00:24:45per day.
00:24:52Ukraine launched a large-scale drone attack on the Russian
00:24:56capital, Moscow, resulting in the death of two
00:24:59people. Authorities described it as the most violent
00:25:02since the start of the war. In contrast, a drone and missile
00:25:06attack by Russia targeted military facilities
00:25:08and infrastructure in various Ukrainian
00:25:12regions, including Kyiv
00:25:15and Odesa.
00:25:21Amid renewed talk of the possibility of resuming negotiations
00:25:25between Russia and Ukraine to stop the war, the battlefronts
00:25:28seem to be moving towards continuous escalation. The latest
00:25:32chapter of escalation came with a Ukrainian drone
00:25:35and missile attack targeting the Russian capital, Moscow, described
00:25:39by authorities as the most violent since the start of the war. The Ukrainian
00:25:42attack used more than 1600 drones
00:25:48least two people and damage to major oil industry
00:25:52facilities and logistical facilities in
00:25:55contrast, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced
00:25:59that Russian drone operators targeted
00:26:01two Ukrainian military bases in
00:26:04the Odesa and Dnipropetrovsk regions using drones,
00:26:08while Ukrainian authorities announced
00:26:12that Russia launched more than 2,000 offensive drones
00:26:15on Ukraine last week, most of them powered
00:26:19by jet engines, in addition to 1,700
00:26:22aerial bombs and 19
00:26:24missiles of different types. And
00:26:28amidst the attacks, diplomacy is still ongoing
00:26:32to bring the two sides to the negotiating table, as
00:26:35Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov announced
00:26:39that a new meeting between Russia and the United States
00:26:42will be held to address tensions in bilateral relations in the coming
00:26:46weeks and discuss the war in Ukraine. Ryabkov
00:26:49said that the meeting would be beneficial, but
00:26:52the issues discussed are progressing slowly and less than
00:26:56expected, pointing out that Moscow will not abandon its pursuit
00:27:00of talks with Kyiv.
00:27:02While all eyes are on a political solution to the war in
00:27:06Ukraine, the strikes continue between the two sides, leaving
00:27:09escalation as the most prominent obstacle to any de-escalation path.
00:27:13For more
00:27:17information on these developments in the Russian-Ukrainian
00:27:19war, we are joined by Dr. Said
00:27:23Shehata, Professor of International Relations
00:27:26at the University of London. Dr.,
00:27:29welcome. How do you read
00:27:32the simultaneous escalation between Moscow
00:27:35and Kyiv? Is it a qualitative shift in
00:27:38Kyiv's strategy or a temporary
00:27:41escalation, especially since news reported that Ukraine
00:27:45launched 1600
00:27:48capital?
00:27:50الروسيه
00:27:55Welcome to you and the viewers. I think the qualitative Ukrainian
00:27:58shift started some time ago, not with this strike,
00:28:02but this strike is the most violent
00:28:05since Ukraine
00:28:08Russian territory. Therefore,
00:28:11more than 1600 drones, according to the Mayor
00:28:14of Moscow, this is a large
00:28:17talks about shooting down most of them, some got
00:28:20through and hit an oil facility on the outskirts of Moscow, hit
00:28:24a logistical facility, hit
00:28:27a residential building, killed two people
00:28:30and injured about 20
00:28:33people. Therefore, the continuous escalation
00:28:38There is no progress that the Russian forces
00:28:41are talking about. It is limited progress in some areas because what
00:28:45Ukraine is doing is believed to distract Russia's attention in
00:28:49its operations against Ukraine, and thus to a large extent,
00:28:52the new plan or tactic
00:28:55that the Ukrainian Minister of Defense
00:28:58used, who
00:29:02was dismissed by President Zelensky,
00:29:05is the owner of the idea of long-range drones
00:29:09deep inside Russia and contributed to changing the war tactic. I think
00:29:12it benefited Ukraine in
00:29:16putting pressure on Russia, because Russia lost billions
00:29:19of dollars from damage
00:29:22to oil and gas facilities. Despite President Trump's call for both sides
00:29:25not to strike energy infrastructure
00:29:28and logistical facilities, it seems that neither side
00:29:34and it does not seem that President Trump has
00:29:38put enough pressure on the leaders
00:29:41of the two countries to stop these strikes, because there is a global energy crisis,
00:29:45there is a rise in oil prices, there is a crisis in the Strait of Hormuz,
00:29:48there is the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, there are major tensions.
00:29:52We do not want to add Russia and Ukraine to them, in addition to the grain
00:29:55crisis and the targeting of some
00:29:57ports and ships that transport grain,
00:30:01and thus contribute to the global food crisis. Therefore, this escalation
00:30:05is a attempt by both sides to prove
00:30:08their existence, that they are capable of continuing this war.
00:30:12Okay, Dr. Said, also regarding the timing, these strikes
00:30:16came during
00:30:18the Russian parliamentary elections.
00:30:21Does this also have significance? Did Ukraine
00:30:24have objectives
00:30:27time?
00:30:31This is what the Russians
00:30:34say, that this is an attempt to disrupt the elections, but
00:30:38the elections are under severe criticism. The elections are not
00:30:41fair, not comprehensive,
00:30:45that President Putin controls the reins of power with full force,
00:30:49that the parties loyal to President Putin
00:30:52the majority, and the opposition is silenced. So this is what the Russians say, but
00:30:56I think Ukraine