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Tue Jun 23, 2026, 02:54 PM 3 hrs ago

Putin's Army RETREATING Across Ukraine - Jason Jay Smart



As Ukraine drives the war back into Russia’s supposedly safe rear, Putin’s army no longer looks like a force advancing with confidence. Russian supply routes are being hit across occupied Ukraine, Crimea’s fuel system is under pressure, Moscow is adding defenses near civilian areas, and the Kremlin is losing the mobility and safety it built this war around.

While that military pressure moves inward, a reported Kremlin-linked leak shows the political damage spreading inside Russia itself. Internal polling for United Russia reportedly found deep war fatigue, and public surveys show rising support for negotiations. Russians are not suddenly pro-Ukrainian; the danger for Putin is that more of them want the war ended, even if victory no longer looks realistic.

Because the war is consuming roads, fuel, air defenses, bridges, budgets, and public patience at the same time, the financial bill is moving toward ordinary citizens. Russian borrowing costs are rising, war spending is breaking through the plan, and politicians are openly discussing money sitting in private accounts. Putin promised a distant war fought by the state; now the cost is reaching Crimea, Moscow, the debt market, and savings Russians thought were still theirs.

CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro: Moscow Air Defenses Retreat
01:17 - Operation Stalled: Putin Grinds Through Bloody Stalemate
02:26 - Highway Severed: Ukraine Strands Russian Occupied Crimea
03:45 - Markets Plunge: Russian Bonds Hit Deepest Collapse
04:41 - Account Seizures: Kremlin Empties Private Citizen Savings
06:21 - Bolshevik Trap: Russia Echoes 1917 Asset Seizures
07:40 - Economic Ruin: Putin Mirrors Sovereign Bank Defaults
09:03 - Broken Dams: Propagandist Admits Russia Lacks Cash
09:48 - Car Fuel: Russian Airplanes Suffer Aviation Shortages
10:51 - Dubna Target: Ukraine Blasts Russian Space Station
13:39 - Factory Blown: Leaked Polls Expose Putin Fatigue
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