Ryan McBeth

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379 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 19 Sep

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The President's Daily Brief · The PDB Situation Report | July 11th, 2026: The Iran Ceasefire Is Dead—Here's What Happens Next · 11 Jul 2026 podcast

I think they're doing very well.

I think they're doing very, very well, especially for what they have.

They've created a lot of internal weapons systems, medium-range drones and long-range drones.

And the big key here is Crimea, where Crimea used to be a prize for Russia.

They could say, come to Crimea, vacation here, it's safe.

And now Russia is trying to figure out how to get gas here.

to people in Crimea because Ukraine keeps destroying their fuel.

Now Crimea is almost like a millstone.

So Ukraine has had a lot of success with medium range drones and with long range drones like the Flamingo that are hitting targets deep inside of Russia where they never thought they'd be hit before.

And Russia is playing whack-a-mole because they only have a finite number of counter drone systems.

And with these individual companies being shouldered the responsibility of performing counter-drill with anti-aircraft systems, now you have that lag time because you have to hire people and you have to train them and you have to buy the equipment.

So Ukraine is doing very well with this.

And the other thing it does, it reduces the tax burden or the tax revenue that Russia can collect to help fund the war.

Russia taxed oil twice.

One, when it comes out of the ground, they're getting their cut.

Just like Tony Soprano, they get their cut as soon as it comes out of the ground.

Then they get taxed again when the oil is refined into whatever petroleum distillate product that they're selling and shipped overseas.

We're getting to the point where Russia might actually have to import some gasoline, which is something I never, ever thought I would see, especially in a country as resource rich as Russia.

So I will do what my country calls me to do to improve relations with our allies.

So that keeps popping up, especially in open circles.

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