Zelenskyy Strikes Deep Inside Russia as Trump Moves to Limit Ukraine
August 26, 2026
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5 min readZelenskyy Strikes Deep Inside Russia as Trump Moves to Limit Ukraine
The MeidasTouch Podcast opens with a striking image: a massive explosion at the Amur Gas Chemical Complex, a $10–11 billion joint venture between Russia's Sibur and China's Sinopec, located 6,000 kilometers from Ukraine. The facility, designed to produce 2.7 million tons of polyethylene and polypropylene annually and set to become Russia's largest base polymer plant, was hit during commissioning work ahead of its planned launch. One worker died, 19 were hospitalized, and at least 104 others received medical treatment. The blast occurred around an auxiliary section of the pyrolysis unit. The exact cause is under investigation, but the episode frames it as a sabotage operation—Ukraine's biggest yet, launched by President Zelenskyy in what the host describes as a "race for time" before winter.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (01:30) **Trump CIA Meeting in Moscow Backfires as Zelenskyy Strikes Deep Inside Russia** - The episode opens with the central tension: Trump's CIA director John Ratcliffe flew to Moscow on a military C-17 (fearing it would be shot down) to beg Putin for help enforcing economic sanctions on Iran, but Putin laughed him out of the room.
- 2 (04:54) **Massive Explosion at Russia's Amur Gas Chemical Complex** - The host shows footage of a massive explosion and fire at the facility during commissioning work, killing one worker and hospitalizing 19.
- 3 (07:05) **Trump's Broken Promises and Absent Support for Ukraine** - The host details how Trump promised Zelenskyy Patriot interceptors throughout July but never delivered, and refused to attend Ukraine's Independence Day.
- 4 (09:48) **Ukraine's Drone Strikes on Russian Logistics Hubs** - The host shows footage of Ukrainian FPV drones striking the Ozon logistics hub and a Wildberries facility, which Ukraine says are used by Russia in the war.
- 5 (11:25) **Ukraine's Drone Parade on Independence Day** - Zelenskyy showcased Ukraine's new defense industry with a drone parade, declaring Ukraine is moving the war into the sky.
- 6 (12:43) **Zelenskyy's Blunder: Firing Defense Minister Fedorov** - The host analyzes Zelenskyy's decision to fire Fedorov, who is ambitious, popular among young Ukrainians, and very close to Elon Musk.
- 7 (15:24) **UK Prime Minister's Powerful Speech in Kyiv** - The host plays a clip of UK PM Andy Burnham pledging continued support for Ukraine's defense.
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Show Notes
MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Ukraine President Zelenskyy striking 6,000 KM deep inside Russia as Trump tries to reduce Zelenskyy's military capabilities.
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