TRUNEWS with Rick Wiles - Ukraine or Russia? Who Blew up Massive Dam?

Episode Date: June 6, 2023

A huge dam in southern Ukraine, near the border with Russia, has been destroyed, flooding homes and sending water rushing downstream. Ukraine accuses Russia of blowing up the Kak-hov-ka reservoir, while Russian officials blame Ukrainian military strikes in the contested region. The destruction could have widespread implications: flooding homes, streets and businesses; depleting water levels upstream that help cool Europe's largest nuclear plant; and draining supplies of drinking water to residents in Crimea. Local authorities warned dozens of villages to evacuate as waters rose in the area around the dam. Residents in embankment villages were encouraged to move to safe areas, turn off electrical appliances and take important documents. They were also advised to follow instructions from rescuers and police. Rick Wiles, Doc Burkhart. Airdate 6/06/23 You can partner with us by visiting TruNews.com/donate, calling 1-800-576-2116, or by mail at PO Box 690069 Vero Beach, FL 32969. It’s the Final Day! The day Jesus Christ bursts into our dimension of time, space, and matter. Now available in eBook and audio formats! Order Final Day from Amazon today! https://www.amazon.com/Final-Day-Characteristics-Second-Coming/dp/0578260816/ Apple users, you can down the audio version on Apple Books! https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/final-day-10-characteristics-of-the-second-coming/id1687129858 The Fauci Elf is a hilarious gift guaranteed to make your friends laugh! Order yours today! https://tru.news/faucielf

You are listening to True News with Rick Wiles. We appreciate you tuning in. To find out more information regarding the broadcast, including prayer and financial support, please visit our website at www.truenews.com. Our mailing address for all correspondence is True News, P.O. Box 690069, Faroe Beach, Florida 32969. This is True News, the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help us God. A huge dam in southern Ukraine near the border with Russia has been destroyed, flooding homes and sending water rushing downstream. Ukraine accuses Russia of blowing up the Kharkovka Reservoir, while Russian officials blame Ukrainian military strikes in the contested region. The destruction could have widespread implications flooding homes, streets, and businesses, depleting water levels upstream that helped cool Europe's largest

nuclear plant and draining supplies of drinking water to residents in Crimea. Local authorities warned dozens of villages to evacuate as water rose in the area around the dam. Residents in embankment villages were encouraged to move to safe areas, turn off electrical appliances, and take important documents. They were also advised to follow instructions from rescuers and police. Let's take a look at the latest news reports about this tragedy. This one, this is ABC, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and these headlines are all over the world, Doc. This is, I don't think those of us here in the west i don't think we we comprehend or appreciate the scope of this this uh event last night so this took place while we

were sleeping right and um it is a a massive amount of water yes into the region of Kherson, which is one of the districts of Ukraine that was annexed by Russia at the start of the war. We've got some video. We'll show you what this looks like. Right. So according to ABC Australia, the Novokokovka Dam in Ukraine's Kherson region has been destroyed, causing flooding and the evacuation of settlements. This dam, which spans the Dnipro River, was blown up, and both Ukraine and Russia are blaming each other for the destruction. The dam holds about 18 billion liters of water and supplies Crimea and powers a hydroelectric

power plant. Ukrainian authorities ordered hundreds of thousands of residents downriver from the dam to evacuate, labeling the destruction of the dam an ecological disaster playing out now. Now, as dramatic as these images are and as bad as the suffering is, it's not as bad as it could have been. Because where the strike or explosion or whatever it is that happened, where it occurred on the dam, if it had occurred at a lower point in the dam, it would have basically drained the entire Lake Kofka. And so that's not happening.

So it's a slow drain right now. It didn't create a massive wave going down through the Curzon River. So, Doc, when I saw it early this morning, my first thought was Russian military blew it up. I've changed that position and have concluded this does not make sense. This would not be in the interest of the Russians to blow it up. And I'll tell you why I thought the Russians blew it up. I'm going to walk you through this, how my thinking.

So this is a report from CNN June 5th. So yesterday. Yeah. So General Mark Milley said, Ukraine is well prepared for counter offensive in war that has greater meaning for the world. So we'll listen to the comment that the general made, and then I'll give you my comments. So I think it's too early to tell what outcomes are going to happen. I think the Ukrainians are very well prepared. As you know very well, the United States and other allied

countries in Europe and really around the world have provided training and ammunition and advice, intelligence, et cetera, to the ukrainians we're supporting them they're in a war it's an existential threat for the very survival of ukraine and has greater meaning to the rest of the world for for europe really for the united states but also for for the globe all right so we just heard america's highest ranking general say Ukraine is well prepared for its counteroffensive long anticipated counteroffensive against the Russian military. Then this next story was from CNN. Also, also June 5th, Ukraine has cultivated sabotage agents inside Russia and giving them drones to stage attacks. Let's let's go through that article,

and then we'll go back to the story of the dam. So CNN reported yesterday that Ukraine has established a network of agents and sympathizers inside Russia to conduct acts of sabotage against Russian targets and has begun providing them with drones to stage attacks. Multiple sources familiar with U.S. intelligence on the matter have confirmed that Ukraine has likely established a network of pro-Ukrainian sabotage agents within Russian territory to carry out strategic drone attacks. Now, this information has not been independently verified, and the Ukrainian government has not yet commented on those particular allegations. Quoting from that particular article, officials could not say conclusively how Ukraine has managed to get the drones behind enemy lines. But two of the sources told CNN that

it has established well-practiced smuggling routes that could be used to send drones or drone components into Russia where they could then be assembled. A European intelligence official noted that the Russian-Ukrainian border is vast and very difficult to control, making it ripe for smuggling, something the official said the Ukrainians have been doing for the better part of a decade that they've been at war with pro-Russian forces. He went on to say you also have to consider that this is a peripheral area of Russia, the official said. Survival is everyone's problem, so cash works wonders. That's the key phrase there. Who exactly is controlling these assets

is also murky, the sources told CNN, though U.S. officials believe that elements within Ukraine's intelligence community are involved. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has set general parameters for what his intelligence and security services are allowed to do, two of the sources said, but not every operation requires his sign-off. When asked for comment, a spokesperson for the head of the Ukrainian security service suggested to CNN that the mysterious explosions and drone strikes inside Russia would continue. All right. So that's yesterday. Right. You've got General Mark Milley saying Ukraine is well prepared for the counter offensive yes you have cnn reporting on the same day

that there are mysterious commandos saboteurs operating in inside russia and that they're smuggling weapons and drones into russian territory and this is a major story on CNN yesterday. And it says the drone strikes inside Russia would continue. And then last night, the dam blows up. Well, then who should be the first suspects? Because the West is bragging that they've got commandos and saboteurs inside Russia. The Ukrainians are well prepared. They're well prepared, and the counteroffensive is ready to begin.

So my initial thought this morning was the counteroffensive started, and the Russians put it down quickly by blowing up the dam that was my first thought that was like before the first cup of coffee right so i'm just looking at the headlines earliest morning i go okay the counter offensive has started and the russians went into action right away blew up the dam and said to the Ukrainians, do you want to do this some more? What are you going to do? That was my thought. But as the day has gone by, I've been rethinking this because it doesn't make sense once you learn more details about the location of the

dam, what the water, the importance of that water supply. And how U.S. officials later in the day began to walk back some of the comments. And we'll be talking about that here in a few moments as well. Further along in that story, U.K.'s Minister of Defense Ben Wallace stated that Russian commanders now face an acute dilemma of whether to strengthen defenses in Russia's border regions or reinforce their lines in occupied Ukraine. And so this is a continuation of those forces that are at work in Russia that are pro-Ukrainian. We're going to talk about this in a few minutes. But Ben Wallace, the Minister of Defense of Great Britain, is openly campaigning to become the next secretary general of NATO. Yes. He wants that job.

And the British government wants him to have that job. And the prime minister has been pushing with Biden to endorse as well. And so it's probably in the fix for it to happen. So we had that story that we were going to get to yesterday but ran out of time. Here's real novosti today. Russian troops thwart the Ukrainian offensive on all sectors of the front. Now, this is an important story because it's probably closer to the truth than anything you're going to hear in the West, that Russia is winning the offensive. They are winning the fight against the upcoming counteroffensive.

So, Doc, it was that headline that made me think this morning. Oh, the Russians blew up the dam. They just said they have stopped the counteroffensive. But again, as the day goes by, I'm not certain that theory is right. What do you think? Well, now based on this though, as you get into the article, it goes on to say that Russia is advancing on all fronts. So why would they go into action here and blow up a dam where their forces were just downriver? I mean, you had Russian defense forces that were parked not only along the river downstream, but also protecting the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant further on down, which we'll talk about as well. It doesn't make sense. No, it doesn't make sense at all.

Now, Reuters. So this is where we start to see a different perspective on this. So the title of the article here is Nova Kakovka Dam Attack. What do we know so far? According to Reuters, a dam in Ukraine's southern Kursan region was attacked by unknown assailants, causing a breach in the dam and flooding nearby areas. The incident occurred at the Novokokovka Hydroelectric Dam on the Dnipro River. The Ukrainian government has launched an investigation into the attack,

which is being treated as an act of terrorism. Now, the attack has raised concerns about the security of critical infrastructure in Ukraine, as well as the potential for similar attacks in other countries. Now, remember, that's the Reuters perspective on this. on to say in the article, a huge Soviet air dam on the Dnipro River that separates Russia and Ukrainian forces and southern Ukraine was breached on Tuesday, unleashing floodwaters across the war zone. Now, Ukraine said Russia had destroyed it, while Russia said Ukraine sabotaged it to cut off water supplies to Crimea and distract attention from a faltering counteroffensive. So that's the statement that's put out there. The dam bridged the Dnipro River, which forms the front line between Russian and Ukrainian forces in the south of Ukraine. Now, Ukrainian

President Vladimir Zelensky accused Russian forces of blowing up the Kokovka hydroelectric power station from inside the facility and said Russia must be held to account for a terrorist attack. Now, the report, and this is from Reuters, says at 2.50, Russian terrorists carried out an internal detonation of the structures of the Kokovskaya HPP. About 80 settlements are in the zone of flooding. And that's from President Zelensky. It's after a meeting with emergency officials. Now, Russia said Ukraine sabotaged the dam to cut off water supplies to Crimea and to distract attention from its faltering counteroffensive. We can state unequivocally that we are talking about deliberate sabotage by the Ukrainian side. And that's coming from Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov.

Now, here's where you start doing the algebra on this. The destruction of the dam risk lowering the water level of the Soviet-era North Crimean Canal, which has traditionally supplied Crimea with 85% of its water needs. Most of that water is used for agriculture, some for the Black Sea Peninsula's industries, and around one-fifth for drinking water and other public needs. So now you start taking that into account. Who benefits from the destruction of the dam. Ukraine. That's right. Because they want to take back Crimea. So they just cut off 85% of Crimea's water. And of course the dam itself also served as a bridge, a land bridge across the

Dnipro River. And Russian forces had been occupying this particular dam within recent weeks as well now the zeppelin cia nuclear power plant europe's largest gets its cooling water from the reservoir that's not good doc that's not good so that means downstream is a nuclear power plant the biggest nuclear power plant in Europe. It's running out of water. Right. And the Russians, of course, have been occupying that. Basically, they've been protecting it

to keep the Ukrainians from trying to blow it up and create a nuclear incident. Now they have to shut it down. They have to go into emergency mode and start shutting down a nuclear power plant. And you can't do that by just pushing the off button. So you're going to have a nuclear power plant

without water to cool its turbines, which you're now at risk of a catastrophe that would be on the scale of Chernobyl, which also was in Ukraine. We forget that Chernobyl was Ukraine. Right. And why do we always think it was Russia? Because Ukraine belonged to Russia.

Right. Back in the 80s and everything, when the chernobyl when did chernobyl happen 87 88 something like that so um but yeah we forget that now here's a story out of oilprice.com and they reference radio free europe this is number 22 for control this is where you start discerning the propaganda that's out there. Now, according to Radio Free Europe, Ukraine's largest nuclear power plant is at risk after a Soviet-era dam on the Dnieper River was destroyed, causing mass flooding. The dam's reservoir provides water for the cooling process at the nuclear power plant. So the destruction of the dam has been attributed to Russia, which has denied involvement. The

International Atomic Energy Agency has warned that the situation could pose a danger to the safety of the plant, but the plant's operator, Energia Atom, has said the situation is not critical. Now, this is where you start digging through the information. The mayor of Nova Kakovka, Vladimir Kavalenko, told the News of Azov, a project of Radio Freed Europe, that the lower part of the river's bank had already flooded the Kakovka--Dnubrovo Zoo, a summer cinema, a park area, stadiums, while architecturally significant buildings were threatened by the rising water that is likely to remain for several days before receding.

What they're implying is this is now a major ecological incident that's taken place that the Russians have caused. The Kavkovoska Dam project has actually been destroyed. It's hard for me to imagine whether it would be possible to do something with it once the war has ended. The destruction is of such a scale that a lot of water will come out and there will be flooding, especially in the old part of the city, Mayor Kavalenko said. Now, Russian terrorists, Zelensky wrote on Twitter, where he posted a video of the broken dam and the water rapidly flowing through the huge breach. The destruction

of the Nova Kavkovka hydroelectric power plant only confirms for the whole world that they must be expelled, they being the Russians, from every corner of Ukrainian land. Not a single meter should be left to them. Because they use every meter for terror, the terrorists will not be able to stop Ukraine with water, missiles, or anything else, Zelensky wrote, adding that all services were working. Well, Doc, somebody's lying. Yes.

Either the Russians are lying or the Ukrainians are lying. But we can start at that point. Somebody's lying. To figure out now who's lying. And you have to back up and go, who stood to gain by blowing up the dam? At this point, I don't see where russia gains anything because again the territory that that's flooded is the territory that they annexed back at the beginning of last year and territory that is that they've been protecting up to this point is not going to be out of water

right and the power plant the nuclear power, is going to run out of cooling water. So how do the Russians gain in this? They don't. This is some desperate act by the Ukrainians. They like blowing up pipelines. They openly brag they're going to take out the Kurtz Strait Bridge. They already hit it once. And when the Kurtz Strait Bridge goes out, they're going to blame the Russians for doing it. And I was thinking a few minutes ago as I was

watching the video, you know, that bridge is, its days are numbered. They're going to make another strike on that bridge. That's the crown jewel for, in the minds of the Ukrainian intelligence agencies and the military, they have to take down that bridge. It has a psychological value to the Russians to see that massive new bridge brought down, you know, rubble in the sea. It would be emotionally, psychologically, very devastating to the Russian people. And it severs

Crimea. Think about it, Doc. If the bridge comes down very soon, like within days, Crimea is cut off from the mainland and it has no water. They just eliminated 85% of Crimea's water. If they take out the bridge, there's no way to get anything over to Crimea except by ship. And it shuts industry down. It shuts a lot of public services down. What is in it for the Russians in that? There's none. What is in it for the Russians in that? There's none. What is it for Ukrainians? Well,

they're making Crimea suffer. And if Crimea suffers, Russia has to defend it, take care of it, and supply those needs for Crimea that are taking those resources away from the conflict. So RT is reporting that the Kremlin is calling Ukraine out on this. And Dmitry Peskov just said Ukraine blew up the Kharkovka Dam as revenge for the failed offensive that's going on. So RT reports that Ukraine has been accused of sabotaging the Kharkovka hydroelectric dam in Russia's Kursan region as revenge for its counter-offensive and to deprive Crimea of drinking water, as Rick has mentioned. The dam was partially destroyed, flooding towns and villages along the path of the Dnieper River and potentially causing serious consequences.

Now, while Ukrainian officials and their European backers have accused Russia of blowing up the dam, Moscow has strongly rejected the accusation. The destruction of the dam appears to aid several of Ukraine's key objectives, as we've been discussing, including removing a major obstacle to future attempts to recapture the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. Now, several quotes from that article here. We're talking about a deliberate sabotage by the Ukrainian side, Dmitry Peskov told reporters. This sabotage could potentially lead to very serious consequences for several tens of thousands of inhabitants of the region, environmental consequences and consequences of a different nature, which have yet to be established. The sabotage is also connected with the fact,

having launched large-scale offensive operations two days ago, the Ukrainian armed forces are not achieving their goals, which goes in direct contradiction of what General Mark Milley was saying just yesterday. Russia's defense ministry has said it repelled several large-scale attacks in the southern sector of the front in recent days. These offensive actions are choking, Peskov stated. All right, so now we get into the good propaganda here. That's coming from the U.S. government. So we're going to go over to Washington and see what the White House has to say

about this latest development in the Ukraine-Russian war. This is a Reuters report. The White House says the United States cannot conclusively determine the cause of the dam destruction. Well, they should know. They were involved in it probably. But let's go along with it here. According to Reuters, the White House has stated that the U.S. cannot determine the cause of the destruction of

the Novokokovka Dam in Ukraine's Kherson region. The dam was destroyed, causing flooding and the evacuation of settlements. Both Ukraine and Russia are blaming each other for the destruction. Now, the U.S. has called for, and they always call for, an independent and transparent investigation into the incident. Chief Propaganda, I mean, Spokesman John Kirby said it was clear that the destruction of the dam on the Dnieper River that separates Russian and Ukrainian forces in southern Ukraine had likely caused many deaths and the evacuation of thousands of Ukrainians. Now, Kirby told reporters the damage could have a devastating impact on Ukraine's energy security. Kirby said it was, we said, we've seen those reports that Russia was responsible for

the explosion at the dam, he said. We're doing the best we can to assess those reports, and we are working with the Ukrainians to gather more information, but we cannot say conclusively what happened. Now, Rick, why don't they just go full bore into it and blame the Russians now? Because they got outed by Seymour Hersh on the pipeline. They came out immediately when the pipeline blew up and said Russia did it. And they played that propaganda line for a month or two and the world laughed at them. And then Seymour Hersh

pulled their pants down in public and showed that the Pentagon orchestrated the attack on the pipeline. So this time, I think Mr. Kirby is... They're playing the cards closer to

their chest this time. Yeah, we just don't know. We're going to have to wait and see. But they do know. One more piece of information from that Reuters article. Kirby said it was too soon to discuss any potential impact on Ukraine's long-planned counteroffensive. Now, think about that just a moment. This dam being blown up has now created an out for all of these guys to be able to say, hey, you know, we had that dam blowing up. You know, we've got to shift resources and everything. Now, he noted that Russian forces had illegally occupied the dam and controlled it at the time of the blast, but said U.S. officials had not determined whether it was an intentional act. So let me translate that for you.

There were Russian forces that were occupying the dam. So I'm a Russian. I'm going to blow it up. What you're guarding. What I'm guarding. But I guess in Ukrainian know in ukrainian war logic that works but at the beginning of this program we looked at a cnn report from yesterday that said there are mysterious commandos inside inside russia uh weapons and drones are being smuggled into russia there are going to be more strikes on russian

territory that was yesterday right and so doc one or two things happened either um either some scuba divers went into the water and planted explosive charges, or a drone was flown into the dam. I mean, one way or the other. Some type of massive explosion took place. So we were just told there are commandos, Ukrainian commandos operating inside Russia. But if you're going to destroy the dam,

why not destroy it? Instead of just knock, basically they knocked off the top. And that's what's causing the slow flooding. If an explosive device had been detonated deep below and the entire dam came down, it'd be like a tsunami. So then most likely it was a drone attack. Now, there is one other piece of information, and I caught this on Kim.com's channel on Twitter.

And this is an interesting graph here, Rick. So that graph is the water level of Cahovka Lake. Okay. And if you go... Okay, so you go to... This is the first level of Cahovka Lake. And if you go to 2016 to 2023. Yes. So if you notice there, and if we go back to the tweet real quick, I'll read what Kim.com said. A satellite service in France measures the water levels of lakes and water reservoirs like the Novokokovka Dam. The data suggests that Ukraine artificially raised the water level in the reservoir to the highest level in eight years just before the dam was destroyed. And so we go back to full screen there for the graph. And so those dates down here on the far right of the graph, that was the water level before the destruction of the dam.

Now, notice it was just a few weeks ago. What would have caused this drastic drop in the water level? The Ukrainians were filling up the reservoir. No, the drop. The drop was in 23. Well, that's the question that's being asked there is that did the Ukrainians shut the water off going to the reservoir? In order to plant an explosive? Right. That was going to be relayed later on.

Now, that's an interesting idea. They had to take down the water level in order to plant an explosive device. Right. And then they got to a point where they realized they couldn't go as low as they needed to. And so in order to create the most destruction that they could, they raised the water level back up. To its highest level. Right.

So that's another alternative that's out there. That's evil thinking like that. Right. It's like having an extra staff member. Kim.com did a poll on his Twitter feed today, and he asked, who do you think blew up the Novokokovka Dam that supplies Crimea with water

and is now flooding fortified defensive positions of the Russian forces? And 20% Russia did it. 80% Ukraine did it. I'm leaning on the Ukraine did it side at this point in time. I am too. And I'm also anticipating

that they're going to hit the Kerch Strait Bridge very soon. Now you just about have to, don't they? A one-two punch. They've cut off the water. They flooded the towns. And now they take out the bridge and they've severed the transportation, railroad and cars and trucks on that bridge. So no goods,

no food, nothing is going to get over to Crimea. And they're going to be down to 15% water supply. I think they're going to hit the bridge very soon. And who wants that bridge taken down the most? I think the British government wants it taken down more than the Ukrainians. They love to blow up bridges. And so it's going to be interesting to see how this plays out here over the next few weeks. I really think Ukraine's getting into a desperate situation here. They're not prepared for their counteroffensive. They're not getting the weapons that they were promised on the schedule that they were promised. And basically, the U.S., the U.K., and all of them are just kind of doing a hands-off and said,

Ukraine, just do whatever you want to do. Just don't let us know about it at the highest levels. Yeah, I think they're telling them you're running out of time. We got to get to something big. Just do something. Do something. I think you're right, Doc. Mr. Lavrov, Sergei Lavrov, the foreign minister of Russia, said today that his country will never, ever again accept international rules written by the United States. So RRT is reporting today that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has stated that Russia is leading a global rebellion against U.S. dominance and will never again accept Washington's rules. Mr. Lavrov claimed that other nations are also growing tired of the U.S.'s orders and that the U.S.-backed rules-based order is inconsistent whenever any nation tries to

determine its own policies. Despite U.S. sanctions and attempts to isolate Russia, Lavrov argued that Russia has not been separated from the international community and an increasing number of nations are disillusioned with the U.S. He said, Over the last couple of years, we have been returning to Africa and Latin America. A determination has accumulated never to accept the rules that Washington is imposing. Its role is diminishing, slowly but surely, and an increasing number of nations are

disillusioned with it, Mr. Lavrov insisted. Lavrov also said that the U.S. foreign policy was aimed at destabilizing certain parts of the world so that Washington could fish in the troubled water under the guise of fighting terrorism and offering security. This is another among the ways Washington coerces others into accepting its orders, the Russian foreign minister added. Yeah, it's sort of like the mob. The mob goes into a neighborhood, causes problems and destruction. You see some windows getting broken out, some people mugged, and then people are crying, man, we need protection. And the mob comes along, we can provide protection. We'll bring the crime rate down,

even though they're the ones that brought the crime into the community. So the crime rate comes down. You've got to keep some crime going on to justify the presence of the security forces. Man, this is making a lot of sense now, isn't it? It's that you just described the United States foreign policy. Foreign policy, yes. His next story is from Newsweek. making a lot of sense now isn't it that you just described the united states foreign policy yes so uh his next story is from newsweek and i think it gives us a glimpse into how russia is

preparing to deal with the united states russia to deploy highly advanced silent submarine yes rick according to newsweek, Russia is preparing to deploy one of its new advanced stealth submarines to its Pacific fleet. The UFA diesel electric submarine, which was commissioned in November 2022, is part of Russia's improved kilo class submarines. Now, these submarines have been dubbed a black hole and are believed to be among the world's quietest submarines. Russia's underwater operations have attracted increased attention in recent months, with experts deeming Moscow's submarines a formidable fleet, posing a greater threat to NATO nations than Russia's surface vehicles. Now, the article in Newsweek says that Moscow is preparing to send

one of its new attack submarines to the Pacific fleet and deploying its enhanced subs to a region seeing confrontation between great powers like the U.S. and China. And so they're making their presence known in the Pacific with the increased tensions going on between us and China. Now, the UFA diesel electric submarine will move from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific at an unspecified date in the fall. That's being reported by Izvestia. The UFA, one of Russia's Project 636.3 diesel electric submarines, is touted as an advanced stealth vessel. The improved Kilo-class submarines submarines as we mentioned earlier have been dubbed a black hole and are believed to be among the world's quietest okay so doc why

why are the russians sending this stealth submarine to the pacific doesn't that seem odd the war zone right now is europe right but they're sending one of their most advanced submarines to the pacific and experts say that russia's submarine fleet is more advanced than its surface fleet okay so in that article he said it's going to um it will be deploying its advanced submarines. And they're not just sending one. They're going to be deploying Russia's enhanced submarines to a region seeing confrontation between great powers like the United States and China. Is this a clue?

Are we getting a clue that China is going to make a move on Taiwan and Russia has made some type of military pledge to Beijing? We'll be there to back you. It very well could be. I mean, China doesn't have enough forces, but combined effort of China and Russia could be a big deterrent for the U.S. to consider doing anything in relation to Taiwan or anything in the South China Sea. It does open up the possibility that we are now in a global conflict here. I mean, it's not limited to Ukraine. It's not limited to the Baltics. But now we are looking at the Pacific. We're looking really globally. And if you've got silent submarines, don't know where they're at at any given time, they could be anywhere in the Pacific. They could be parked off Pearl Harbor,

for all we know, or parked off Guam. So it's a new day for war here. Well, while we're talking about world war, let's take a look and see what the Israelis are doing. Because they are also talking about a war, as always. This is a Jerusalem Post, number 47. Oh, no. Did I miss one? Oh, yeah. I'm sorry, guys in the control room. I'm looking at the wrong one. Let's go back to 44. Okay. This is the Times of London. Iran claims to have

hypersonic missile that can beat the Israeli shield. And so this was a report today in the Times of London. The Times reports today that Iran has claimed to have developed a hypersonic missile capable of defeating Israel's Iron Dome missile defense shield. The missile, named Fatah, or Conqueror, has a range of 870 miles, can travel at least five times the speed of sound. Iran's military leaders have been promising for months that they have developed a new medium-range ballistic missile and a hypersonic missile. The development of this missile is seen as a sign of the military pressure Iran is under from Israel. Again, this is coming from the Times of London. The head of the Revolutionary Guard's Aerospace Division detailed the capabilities as the missile was unveiled in the presence of Iranian President Rassi and Revolutionary Guard

generals. Now, here is a video of the ground. We are able to reach a distance of 1,400 kilometers. Any target we want to... The Fata missile is 1,400 kilometers and is ready to hit the target. The Palestinians also, do we have the second? Yeah, we do. They also released a promotional video of what this new missile is capable of doing. And which country do you think is the target? Probably one that rhymes with Israel. Yeah.

Doc, when this world war really gets ramped up, because it's still, it's in the beginning stage, when it gets really ramped up, this is going to be mind-boggling because you're going to be talking about United States and Russia and Europe. You're going to be talking about United States and China, and you're going to be talking about Iran and Israel, and probably throw in North Korea. It's going to be a mega war. I don't see how this thing stays, how you're going to keep the cork in the bottle on this thing.

So this leads up to Israel attacking Iran because now Mr. Netanyahu is back in power and that's all you see in the Israeli newspapers day after day after day. Mr. Netanyahu beating the war drums, telling the Israeli people, we're going to have to go to war with Iran. Well, Mr. Gantz, Benny Gantz is Mr. Netanyahu's political enemy,

his opponent. But look at what he said this week. Yes, nothing brings enemies together like a good war. All of Israel would unite to support a war on Iran. So the Jerusalem Post is reporting that National Unity leader Benny Gantz said at the Jerusalem Post annual conference in New York that all of Israel would unite if a strike against Iran is needed. Gantz emphasized that nuclear-armed Iran is a global challenge, endangering global and regional stability.

He also said that, Rick, it's the 11th hour again. The 11th hour has arrived to stop Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons and that Israel will do whatever it takes to prevent an existential threat to the state of Israel. Mr. Gantz called for unity and reinforced security cooperation with the U.S. on the matter. Now, Gantz said on Monday that the 11th hour has arrived. We cannot allow Iran to obtain nuclear weapons. As the opposition leader, I want to emphasize this message. We will do whatever it takes to prevent that existential threat to the state of Israel. We know such action might come at a great cost.

But as always in these matters, all of Israel's leadership and people will unite. Well, Rick, the only time I see Israel attack anybody is usually people that can't defend themselves. I mean, we saw an attack last week in northern Syria and they were saying that was missile practice. Or maybe the two-year-old boy that the IDF shot. Right. The weekly Palestinian boy that gets shot. Rick came across an interesting story here.

Yeah. Of spies and boats and Russians and Mossad. So often, almost every day, we have news stories prepared that we just run out of time. And we set them aside. Maybe the next day we bring them out and sometimes they get set aside multiple days and then you think well a week has gone by do we do we really want to bring that story back it's old now and then another story pops up related to it that adds another thread to it yes and then you start sniffing and going down the trail saying wait this story's

got legs. So I'll show you what I saw first. We'll go back to May 29. Euronews. Four dead after capsize of tourist boat in storm on Italian Lake. Now normally you see stories like this all the time. Nothing unusual. A storm, something happened, a boat capsized.

A tourist boat. Yeah, people drowned. But then I'll show you the next one. And this one was, this is June 1st, and this is from a hungarian news service a mysterious boat accident occurred in italy in which israeli and italian spies died all right so we went from the euro news report that some tourists died uh and some people were involved in a capsized boat on an Italian lake. But they weren't tourists.

And they didn't mention anything about Israelis or anything in the Euronews article. They just said tourists. And so now, going in Hungary's index here, Hungarian information outlet IndexU reports on a mysterious boat accident that occurred in northern Italy back on May 26, in which Israeli and Italian spies lost their lives. Now, while the exact number and identities of the victims remain unknown, it has been confirmed that Erez Shimon, a retired Mossad agent, was among those who perished. The Israeli government sent a special plane to Milan to retrieve Shimani's body. Two other Italian intelligence officers are also believed to

have died in the accident, along with the wife of the ship's captain and possibly a Russian woman who may have been the captain's wife. Now, to quote the article here, the cause of the accident is not yet clear, but some have speculated that it may have been caused by a sudden storm, while others have suggested that it could have been the result of sabotage. The incident has sparked conspiracy theories, with some suggesting that it may have been an act of revenge by Iran's Revolutionary Guard. Now, the Mossad and Italian intelligence agencies have a history of cooperation with Italy playing an active role in Western coalitions in Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as in the fight against ISIS. All right. So now we've added another layer to our cake here.

So let's see what the Israeli outlets had to say about this mysterious story here. So May 31st. Mossad agent who died in Italy boat capsizing laid to rest in Israel. Okay. All right. So they're going to bury the guy, right? All right. Let's read what the Jerusalem Post says. The Jerusalem Post reports the retired Mossad agent who died in an apparent freak boating accident in Italy on Sunday, May 28th, was laid to rest in Ascalon on Wednesday, shortly after his body was repatriated back to Israel. They wasted no time to get him back to Israel and in the ground.

So the man, two Italian intelligence officers, and a Russian woman drowned after the boat they were on capsized in a sudden fierce storm on Lake Maggiore in northern Italy on Sunday evening. They had been aboard a pleasure craft along with 19 other people. Now, Italian sources also said that the dead Israeli had been a spy, naming him as 50-year-old Erez Shimonim, but that has turned out not to be his real name. And at the funeral, he was referred to only by the initial M. Yeah, it just sounds like James Bond. I know. Now, obviously, whoever this guy was, whether it was Eris Shimon or M or whoever he was,

was enough of a respected spy within Mossad to get the attention of the Prime Minister's office. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office confirmed on Wednesday that the man was a retired Mossad employee. The Mossad lost, now listen to the way they phrase this, the Mossad lost a dear friend, a devoted and professional member who dedicated his life to the security of the state of Israel for decades, the office said in the statement. Given his service with the agency, it is not possible to elaborate on his identity, it added.

All right, this is just getting more and more mysterious as we move along. Okay, so now we need some organ music. The next story, June 2nd, Jerusalem Post, Mossad agent who died in Italy was on a mission working against Iran. Okay. So he wasn't there to get some fresh pasta. No. He was there on a mission

for some type of strike against Iran. And we just heard Benny Gantz say all of Israel would unite to destroy Iran. That's right. So, according to the Jerusalem Post, the Mossad and Italian intelligence personnel that were on the boat that capsized earlier this week at Lake Maggiore in northern Italy

were working together to prevent Tehran from obtaining advanced weapons, referencing the Italian newspaper La Repubblica. Now, they go through the story once again here on Sunday morning, May 28th. Twenty-one secret agents. Now, this is the Jerusalem Post saying this now. Twenty-one secret agents from Italian organizations and the Mossad disguised themselves as tourists and got on a boat in Slovenia, which took them to the Isol de Pescatori,

the smallest of the Baramian Islands in Lake Maggiore. The capsize of the boat was reportedly caused due to unexpected and violent stormy weather. Now, the retired agent that was killed was laid to rest in Ascalon on Wednesday in a funeral. Now, listen to this, that had many Mossad employees who attended hide their faces behind surgical masks at the cemetery. So this is a spy funeral with a bunch of spies in masks. Now, although he retired from the intelligence agency, he continued to serve in the organization's reserves

and arrived together with his colleagues in Italy as part of a cooperative relations between Israeli and Italian spy organizations. Now, 13 of the 21 agents on the boat were from the Mossad. The boat skipper is under suspicion of negligent homicide as the vessel had 23 passengers when it was only allowed to carry

15. So you already see that they're shifting the blame to the boat captain. Wait a minute, if they were 23 intelligence agents none of them were intelligent enough to count the number of seats on the boat? Well, you know, that's just the diversion story right there.

Yeah. 21 spies from Italy and Israel. 13 of them being in Masad. They went over to Slovenia to get on this boat. Right.

They left from Slovenia. To go over to Italy. But they were Italian spies. So we'll never know what the mission was. But why are they tying it into a mission working against Iran? And what I found surprising about, especially this last article from the Jerusalem Post, is how open they are about these were spies. Yes.

There were spies on that lake. As if, you know, is there another story that's at another level that we're missing here? And they're saying stormy weather, but is that a cover story for Iran knew what it was about and they sank the ship? That's what I think. I think it's unusual that 21 spies are on the same small tourist boat and nearly half of them are from Israel and the thing sank. And whoever M is, is of such high level

that they can't even reveal his name. They can't do anything. They send a state plane to Italy to get his body. What about the other guys? The other Israelis that died? Did they not pick up their bodies? Apparently he's the only Israeli that died. Two Italians. And then who was the Russian? Well, depending on who you ask, it may have been the wife of the captain of the ship. Okay. One thing you ask it may have been the wife of the captain of the ship uh so okay um one thing's for sure

something was going on here it's a fascinating story i bet here within a few days we'll find that one piece of information that really unlocks all of this but it does he had a full state spy funeral back in israel so we're talking like Gordon Maxwell. Robert Maxwell. Imagine showing up all your compatriots are all wearing masks because they have to hide their identity. Maybe it was Jeffrey Epstein.

Maybe he was on the boat. They died again. But the thing I see is mission against iran something big was being planned this next story we don't ordinarily do sports but i got some golf news uh saudi arabia purchased the pga boy no one saw this coming today. In a stunning sports development today, CNBC is reporting that the PGA Tour and Saudi-backed rival LIV Golf have agreed to merge in a deal that would create a larger golf enterprise. Now, this merger will see the two entities combine

their commercial businesses and rights into a new for-profit company. Now, the deal includes DP World Tour, also known as the PGA European Tour. The Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund, which backs LIV Golf, is reportedly prepared to invest billions of dollars into the new entity. The deal will require the approval of the PGA Tour Policy Board. Now, the agreement, the second stunning sports deal in just months following the World Wrestling Entertainment's merger with Endeavor Group's UFC, will require the approval of the PGA Tour Policy Board. That's according to Commissioner Jay Monahan as he

issued a memo that was obtained by CNBC. There is much work to do to get us from a framework agreement to a definitive agreement. But one thing is obvious, through this transformational agreement and with PIFs, that's the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia's collaborative investment, the immeasurable strength of the PGA Tour's history, legacy, and pro-competitive model not only remains intact, but is supercharged for the future. Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund Governor Yassir al-Rumayyan said Tuesday on CNBC's Squawk on the Street that after the merger is finalized, which he expects to be in a matter of weeks, the new board is prepared to evaluate every proposal that is presented. Al-Rumayyan is slated to serve as chairman of the board,

whatever it takes. That's what we're committed for. Let me tell you what happened here. The PGA was bleeding players to LIV at an astonishing rate. And the PGA said, if we don't do something, if we don't make a deal, there will be no PGA. There'll be nothing left. Basically, LIV golf was picking off the PGA like branches off a tree. I mean, just tearing them off. Doc, I was just thinking, a PGA golf course in Riyadh, the entire golf course would be a sand trap. I mean, the entire thing will be just a sand trap out there but the the saudis their plan with liv golf was to take golf to a whole new level of competitiveness globally and uh this i think this is the first of several mergers that you're going i follow a little bit of golf a little bit several mergers that you're going to see uh with uh the

asian tour with possibly the australian tour that the saudis hey there's there's nearly a trillion dollars worth of revenue floating around in the golf world jeremy doc uh america just lost the golf industry. We did. It's gone. We got a road down the highway here, not but 30 minutes, called PGA Boulevard. It might be LIV Boulevard here soon. I mean, it very well could be.

Very possible. PGA was always big here in Florida. So in this deal here, Rick, not only do the Saudis get control of the North American tour, but also the European one. So, I mean, the only thing that's left is really Japan and Australia after that. Did you ever imagine the Saudis taking control of golf? I never saw it for anything.

But for them, it's a business deal. I mean, it really is because they're generating tons of revenue from LIV Golf. And it's turned out to be one of the biggest moneymakers for the Saudi Public Investment Fund. Imagine that. Golf. It is. It's a surprise. I wonder what Arnold Palmer would say. It would probably have some expletives in it.

He was actually a nice guy. I got to talk to him back in my younger days when I was in the cable industry. Mr. Palmer had started the Golf Channel. Right. And so I would be at various cable industry trade shows, and Mr. Palmer would be there. And he was a very nice guy. You could walk up to him and talk, and he was very friendly. I have good memories about talking to Arnold. He didn't remember me, but obviously I knew who Arnold Palmer was, but he was very approachable.

You could just walk up and have a conversation with him, and he was actually a very humble, friendly guy. I think it's interesting the sound he's made to play on golf. They saw themselves locked out in investments in basketball franchises, football franchises. They couldn't even get in on cricket franchises and soccer franchises. Wait until they buy pickleball.

Hey, it's entirely possible. Well, why not let's talk about UFOs. That's our last story for today. News Nation, which is an up-and-coming news channel. Have you noticed they're really starting to gain some attention? But News Nation has an exclusive interview with a U.S. military whistleblower who said, I know about UFOs, I know about the aliens, and the government is deceiving the American people. Here's a snippet from that News Nation interview. We have all seen these blurry videos

of unidentified flying objects, video evidence, if you will, that old tales of UFOs may not all be conspiracy theories. In recent years, Congress starting an official U.S. government unidentified aerial phenomena task force, recently renamed the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office, or AERO. And now in a News Nation exclusive, David Grush, an Air Force veteran, former member of that task force, and veteran of the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, is formally blowing the whistle on secrets he says no one has ever shared publicly before. You are one of the most trusted former intelligence officials in the U.S. defense and intelligence establishment. Yes, I was. You were trusted with the U.S. defense and intelligence establishment?

Yes, I was. You were trusted with the most intimate secrets? Yes. Grush sitting down with award-winning investigative journalist Ross Colthart, who's reporting for NewsNation and has spent years reporting on the UFO question. What conclusion did you come to at the end of your time on the UAP task force? The UAP task force was refused access to a broad crash retrieval program. When you say crash retrieval, what do you mean? These are retrieving non-human origin technical vehicles, you know, call it spacecraft if you will,

non-human, exotic origin vehicles that have either landed or crashed. We have spacecraft from another species. We do, yeah. How many? Quite a number. You're kidding. No. I thought it was totally nuts, and I thought at first I was being deceived. It was a ruse. People started confiding in me. They approached me. I have plenty of current former senior intelligence officers that came to me, many of which I knew almost my whole career, that confided in me. They were a part of a program. They named the program. I've never heard of it. And they told me, based on their oral testimony, and they provided me documents and other proof, that there was, in fact, a program that the UAP task force was not read into. Grush alleges the U.S. government has recovered

non-human craft for decades. He's filed a whistleblower complaint, saying he gave what he calls the classified proof to Congress and the intelligence community inspector general. NewsNation has confirmed David Grush's credentials and resume. We've not seen or verified the alleged proof he says he's provided to investigators. He says he can't show us the proof for national security reasons. He also tells us he's not seen photos of the alleged craft himself, but has talked extensively with other intelligence officials who have. If you're right, if you're telling us the truth, everyone, the entire American public, has been lied to for decades. Yeah, there's a sophisticated disinformation campaign targeting the US populace, which

is extremely unethical and immoral. You are saying to the human race, for the first time, an official intelligence representative at a high level from the US government is saying publicly, we are not alone. We're definitely not alone. Absolutely, the data points empirically that we're not alone, yeah. Do we have bodies?

Do we have species? Well, naturally, when you recover something that's either landed or crashed, sometimes you encounter dead pilots. And believe it or not, as fantastical as that sounds, it's true. White propaganda, black propaganda, gray propaganda. Well, while we were watching that, Rick, we were talking about the Air Force colonel from a story earlier in this week that told about the artificial intelligence that had killed, not in drone warfare, had not only killed the drone, but the drone operator. He didn't kill the drone. No, he didn't kill the drone.

The colonel went to London. To the the rural aeronautical society yes and said we did a simulation this this colonel is chief of ai testing and he said we did a simulation the drone i mean the ai was given assignment to fly a drone and take out surface-to-air missiles. We changed the mission in the simulation and told AI that the mission was aborted, and AI didn't like it, and so it took out the drone operator and took out the transmission tower sending the signals. Right. So it could accomplish its mission to destroy the sams that's right and then the u.s air force said the colonel misspoke there was no such simulation now this guy this gentleman is doing openly doing an interview saying i was high.S. intelligence, and I saw the UFOs, and I saw the aliens, and, you know, I...

I have no evidence or pictures, but... Yeah, I can't show you the evidence because it's classified, but I'm here on television telling you classified information. I don't believe it. My personal feeling is he was instructed by the Pentagon to make these statements. That's my personal feeling. I thought it was ironic when he was saying in the interview, he said, there is a massive disinformation campaign out there. It's happening right now. It's happening right now. I said, you bet it is. It's happening right now. He needs to take better acting lessons.

He's not that good of an actor. I believe people are actually seeing something. And they've been seeing them for decades, maybe even longer than that. I'm not convinced that there are otherworldly beings outside of Earth by any stretch of the imagination. I really don't. But there are demons. But there are demons. And there could be another explanation where he says another species.

He didn't say necessarily from outer space. He said other species. And it very well could be that there is something else that exists here on earth and has existed on earth for a very long time. Like Nephilim? That have been released for this period of time as we get closer. You mean like the abyss has been opened? Right. And so all I know is that there is a massive disinformation campaign that's going on. That's by the father of lies himself, Satan. That's right. And he's used stories like this to draw people's attention away from the living God, the God of heaven and earth, to question everything that's going on in your life.

Are we alone? Is there somebody else out there? Yes, there is somebody else out there. It's God. He's, he's waiting for you to call to him, not to call to the aliens or Mars or Alpha Centauri or anything. Yeah, Doc, I think, I think the UFO hoax is going to be the biggest propaganda campaign Satan has ever launched. And I think there there's we've got technology in reserve that you know that we haven't even begun to roll out yet uh if you're not going to tell me that artificial intelligence went from where it was in november to where it is now without them having artificial intelligence

maybe for decades so when the aliens arrive when you know the official story is they're here. And when the aliens appear at the United Nations and address the nations of the world. And when the aliens are on the Oprah Winfrey show, and they're doing the talk show circuit. The world is going to line up to believe it. They're going to believe it, Doc. They're going to swallow the whole thing. There will be a small, small minority of people who say, I refuse to believe it. This is the biggest spiritual con job in the history of the human race. But that day's coming. And a lot of people are going to buy into it.

One of my favorite episodes of The Twilight Zone is aliens have come to visit Earth and everything, right? And they're making friends and influencing people and doing everything. And they're promising great things for humanity. And they said, all we ask is you let us bring some back to our home planet and everything. And we're going to leave this book with you and everything. And it'll unlock the secrets of everything. And so as the episode of The Twilight Zone closes, the main character of the show has figured out the translation.

He figured out the title cover, To Serve Man, but he hadn't been able to translate the rest of the book. And as it gets down to the end of The Twilight Zone, he finds out it's a cookbook. And so he's running around, it's a cookbook. It's a cookbook. And in many ways, that's exactly what Satan is doing to us right now. He's setting us up. So basically he can cannibalize humanity, but he's got a destination. He's going to be frying and crying in the lake of fire for eternity. That's right. Cooking forever.

He gets a short season to deceive the nations. Right. He doesn't deceive the nations a thousand years after Christ has returned. That's not going to happen. He deceives the nations now when they're capable of being deceived. You're going to tell me Jesus is ruling for a thousand years and Satan sneaks out and tricks Jesus? Or tricks his disciples. You've lived with Jesus for a thousand years and then you get fooled by the devil. And you know

at the end of the thousand years the devil's going to come and trick you, right? It's a ridiculous theology. No, he deceives the nations now, and I think he's out of the abyss. And I really, for decades, I've expected the big UFO hoax just before the second coming. Satan is going to tell the world,

I'm your daddy. You didn't come from God. I'm your creator. I made you. And a lot of people are going to believe it. And they're just going to be in awe. We saw in the COVID craziness, how gullible people are. I mean, that was shocking. That was really shocking how gullible the public is. Just hit them with something at this scale and see how gullible they are. You put space aliens, you know, what they call aliens, you put them on TV, you know, and they're in the White House. They're in Buckingham Palace. They're in the Kremlin. And world leaders are cutting deals with them.

Because they're smarter than us and they have more resources than us and better technology than us. And if you oppose it, you're going to be called a bigot. Or a speciesist. Yes. That'll be the term. Yeah, a white human speciesist. Get ready for it. They've already got the articles written. All right. That's it. We're starting to sound stupid and silly. Thank you. Thank you for watching. We appreciate your love and your support. Please stand with True News

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