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Mon Sep 15, 2025, 03:03 AM Sep 15

This is breaking Russia's War - Jason Jay Smart



Russia’s most destructive enemy is not NATO or sanctions—it is corruption inside its own war machine. The “phantom” that drains fuel before tanks reach the front, swaps modern armor for outdated junk, and issues soldiers bargain-bin radios that fail under basic jamming is not hidden in the West. It is inside Russia’s contracts, receipts, and depots. This investigation exposes how theft, fraud, and fake modernization guarantee a hollow army that loses before battle even begins.

Here’s what you’ll learn if you watch through to the end:

1. How procurement scams turn “modernized” units into museum pieces on the battlefield.
2. Why radios and navigation systems fail before soldiers ever face the enemy.
3. How Putin’s autocrat’s bargain trades loyalty for stolen billions, trapping him in corruption.
4. Why every abandoned tank, every failed offensive, and every morale collapse traces back to receipts, not missiles.
5. The red flags—contracts, audits, fake delivery forms—that predict Russian defeat before the shooting starts.

By the end, you’ll see how Putin’s own system is the ghost destroying his army. If you want fact-driven analysis on Russia’s war economy, procurement fraud, logistics collapse, drones, EW, and corruption networks—subscribe now, share to break propaganda, and join as a member to support deeper investigations.

CHAPTERS:
00:00 The Ghost Haunting Russia
00:45 Abandoned Tanks and Falling Jets
01:30 The Phantom Revealed
02:15 Putin - The Architect of Collapse
03:00 Russia's Illusion of Power
03:45 The Web of Corruption
04:30 Weapons That Do Not Exist
05:15 Arrests at the Top
06:00 The Pact of Power and Greed
06:45 A Military Built on Lies
07:30 Why the War Continues
08:15 Soldiers as Consumables
09:00 Corruption as the Only Ideology
09:45 A Fight for Scarce Resources
10:30 Putin's Trap
11:15 The Outcome
12:00 Closing and Call to Action
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