In this episode of Direct Impact, Rick Sanchez discusses the escalating tensions between the US, its NATO allies, and Russia, following a controversial decision by the US, Germany, and France to provide Ukraine with missiles capable of striking deep inside Russian territory. Plus, the show highlights Russia’s strategic military maneuvers in Cuba, drawing historical parallels to the Cuban Missile Crisis. The episode concludes with an interview with Professor Francis Anthony Boyle, who links NATO’s actions to the conflict in Ukraine.

We told you last season that many, many people across the United States and in a half-dozen other countries have been diagnosed with a strange malady called Havana Syndrome. These symptoms first began manifesting in 2016, when diplomats at the US Embassy in Havana, Cuba began reporting things ranging from physical pain to ringing in the ears to cognitive difficulties. Many had diagnosable traumatic brain injuries. The US government initially dismissed the symptoms as the product of crickets. Yes, crickets. But something more sinister was likely behind it. John Kiriakou speaks with Former NSA technical Director, Bill Binney and Dr. Katherine Horton, a former particle physicist, on this episode of the Whistleblowers about Directed Energy Weapon Attacks and Havana Syndrome.