Viktor Bout

One more on Ukraine before we go to, uh, Iran, because this stuff is so, uh, tantalizing and fascinating.

Here's Viktor Bout.

Yes.

We know Viktor Bout.

Yes, I met him in Moscow many times, of course, of course.

Okay.

But first of all, let's take a look at, uh, where that war is sitting and what might have prompted, uh, Ratcliffe to feel like we needed to try and get this warning here, um, or, or begging as I called it.

And we're gonna look at, uh, Viktor Bout, uh, who is a former arms dealer, s- you know, maintains close, uh, relations with, uh, senior members of the Russian government.

Uh, and his assessment of the where the war is is pretty stark

There is no energy left.

I don't know that that's true, but OK.

Meanwhile, Victor Bout on RT.

Victor Bout is the merchant of death, a Russian arms dealer.

Victor Bout on why the CIA director came to Moscow, quote, Ukraine is on its last legs in the infrastructure war.

There are no interceptors left to defend Kiev.

Ukraine has already lost and now has only two choices, either sign a peace deal now or face a full surrender later.

Let's just stop.

And you heard Viktor Bout, who's a high-level government official in Russia, say, "Well, we were getting ready..." He was on, what, yesterday, two days ago.

He goes, "Yeah, we, we were getting ready to hit anytime now, but now because of this and now because we're getting such gains and because the US isn't giving any missile defense systems to Ukraine, we'll probably wait a few more months." So you're, you're seeing this with the insiders live on air, okay? And of course now the New York Times, the Washington Post, the London Telegraph are all reporting what I told you Tuesday.

CIA chief warned Putin against attacks on NATO.

US intelligence suggests Russian president may escalate conflict by launching land incursion into Poland on alliance eastern flank, and of course targeting.

Now, now what did you hear Viktor Bout say six months ago they were looking at, and then a month ago? 'Cause he's authorized to say, "Hey, you've already been bombing us for years inside, blowing up our nuclear bases, blowing up our bombers, blowing up Moscow, blowing up our Amazon equivalent, blowing up our refineries.

You escalated.

We're about to escalate.