May 20th, 2026: Russia Strikes Chinese Vessel Before Putin-Xi Summit
The episode examines the shifting geopolitical dynamics between Russia and China amid Putin’s Beijing summit, overshadowed by a Russian drone strike on a Chinese-owned ship, while also covering Russia’s large-scale nuclear drills and NATO’s potential intervention in the Strait of Hormuz.
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