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TexasTowelie

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Sat Apr 11, 2026, 02:48 AM 6 hrs ago

Proof Putin's Regime Is Collapsing Today - Jason Jay Smart



Russia’s offensive in Donbas is no longer turning heavy losses into meaningful gains. In this briefing, Jason Smart examines how Kremlin progress has slowed sharply while the cost of every meter keeps rising, and why Ukraine is no longer focused only on the front line. The deeper shift is strategic: Kyiv is putting pressure on the machinery that keeps Russia’s war effort moving, from transport corridors and export infrastructure to the wider systems that feed the army.

That pressure now reaches far beyond the battlefield. The video follows how shrinking gains, rail bottlenecks, oil export friction, missile production strain, and widening budget stress are starting to hit the same war system at once. It also tracks how Ukraine’s drone adaptation and defensive interception gains are changing the balance, making Russia spend more resources for smaller results while the economic engine behind the war weakens.

At the same time, the Kremlin is tightening censorship as signs of strain spread through public life. Telegram throttling, internet blackouts, police shortages, pension pressure, and growing elite distrust all point to the same conclusion: Russia is trying to sustain this war by damaging the state that supports it, and the internal cost is rising faster than Moscow can hide.

CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro: Russia’s Plan for Systemic Self-Destruction
02:34 - Putin’s Nightmare: Why Ukraine is Winning the Moral War
04:39 - Kremlin Censorship: Throttling Truth to Hide Economic Ruin
06:25 - Russian Railways: The Total Bankruptcy of Putin’s Logistics
08:36 - Russian Oil: How Internal Sabotage Ends the State
10:34 - Combat Innovation: Ukrainian Robotics vs. Russian Bicycles
12:22 - Putin’s Paranoia: Will Internet Blackouts Trigger a Coup?
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