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Thu Aug 21, 2025, 05:15 PM Thursday

Putin's Plan Buckles under Ukraine's Attacks - Jason Jay Smart



For about 22 cents per American, per day, and with zero U.S. soldiers, Ukraine can dismantle Russia’s war machine - saving the libes of Ukrainians& Westerners alike while preventing future wars. From Kyiv, we show how Ukrainian drones torch Russian refineries, drive a fuel shortage in Crimea, and force Moscow to fire million-dollar interceptors. Rostov rail strikes cut supply lines and slow troop logistics. Cyber pressure on SPIMEX, the exchange that moves Russia’s oil money, chokes the cash pipes. This is the 99-to-1 cost kill chain: cheap attacks, ruinous Russian bills.

You will see verified footage and math on refinery fires in Russia, fuel queues in Crimea, rail disruption around Rostov, and air-defense losses. We explain why helping Ukraine now is deterrence, not charity: pay pennies today to prevent a multi-trillion-dollar NATO war tomorrow, with no U.S. boots on the ground. If the Kremlin reads hesitation, Beijing, Tehran, and Pyongyang will too. Back Ukraine, drain Russia’s budget, and keep Americans safe.

TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Russia's Internal Collapse
01:00 Is Helping Ukraine Worth It?
07:00 Ukrainian Drones vs. Russian Air Defense
11:17 Russia's Unraveling Infrastructure
13:25 The Kremlin's Control Tactics
15:30 Why It's Critical to Act Now

As Leon Trotsky said, 'You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you.' Russia believes it is at war with the West, and we do not get a choice. This is why supporting Ukraine is a common-sense investment in our own security. The Axis of Dictators, Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea, is watching, determining if and how they will confront NATO. We must stop them in Ukraine now.

The internal picture in Russia is one of growing desperation. The Kremlin pushes mathematically impossible casualty claims, like 1,700,000 dead or missing, as a psychological operation to demoralize Ukraine and its allies. Meanwhile, they expand electronic draft notices through state portals to feed their permanent mobilization, tightening the digital net on their own population as Kremlin logistics strain to find more manpower. This is the reality of what the late Senator John McCain called "a gas station masquerading as a country."
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