Putin Just Opened Russia to Attack - Jason Jay Smart

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Putin sold Russians one bargain for years: give up freedom, and the state will keep life stable, safe, and working. That bargain is breaking. Ukraine is striking deep inside Russia, hitting places like Cherepovets, Ust-Luga, Primorsk, and Novorossiysk, and showing Russians that Moscow cannot protect the infrastructure that keeps the war going and the economy alive.

This is no longer just a front-line story. Russians are cutting back on food, buying through discounts, and paying more for basic goods while export sectors shrink and the war eats through money, manpower, and equipment. Strikes are now hitting oil, gas, chemicals, transport, and the wider system behind the army.

That is where this turns dangerous for Putin. He told Russians only he could keep the country safe. Now major sites keep getting hit while he protects himself first. The war is no longer far away. It is reaching into factories, ports, prices, and daily life inside Russia, and that makes the whole system harder to hold together.

CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro: Putin’s Imploding Power Structure
02:27 - Russian Insecurity: Ukraine’s Strategic Deep Strikes
05:30 - Domestic Crisis: Russia’s Growing Hunger Epidemic
06:03 - Industrial Decay: The Kremlin’s Economic Deadlock
07:58 - Military Exhaustion: Russia’s Forced Mobilization Crisis
09:25 - Technological Regress: Putin’s Antiquated War Machine
10:49 - Financial Panic: Moscow’s Impending Bank Run
11:27 - Final Reckoning: Driving the Kremlin to Collapse