Lights Out In Ukraine
The Hartmann Report
Thom Hartmann
4.4 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 25 October 2025
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Veteran war correspondent in Ukraine, Phil Ittner reports from a dark room after Putin's recent attack on Kiev's power system. All indications point to a grim winter of deprivation thanks to Russia's war of aggression in Ukraine. Looks like Trump’s Justice Department released a lengthy Orwellian manifesto. Surprised? Apparently ICE can mess you up but you can’t fight back.
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| 1:14.9 | This is the Tom Hartman program. |
| 1:31.0 | Welcome to the program on the line with us, our old buddy Phil Ittner, the veteran war correspondent based out of Kiev, Ukraine, and host of the On the Edge podcast, Philip Itiner over on YouTube, Itner Philip on Blue Sky and X. |
| 1:33.0 | Phil, welcome back to the program. |
| 1:35.0 | How are things in Keeve today? |
| 1:43.1 | Well, I have to slightly apologize to you, Tom, not five minutes before I was about to sit down to prepare to talk to you. |
| 1:44.9 | We lost all electricity. |
| 1:51.3 | So I am running on battery power right now, as you will probably see, I'm not fully lit. |
| 1:55.9 | The audio is a little bit off because I can't use my full microphone. |
| 2:03.8 | About two days ago, we had a massive attack on the Capitol and other places around Ukraine as well. |
| 2:14.1 | But it started at about one in the morning and went all through until, you know, the sun was up at, you know, in around 8 a.m., I think was the last all clear. |
| 2:20.7 | The Russians were clearly targeting the electrical grid because the mayor of Kiev has come out and said, you know, be prepared for blackouts, be prepared for lack of water |
| 2:26.5 | and heating, make sure that you have supplies. Clearly, the Russians are going to revert to what they |
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