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TexasTowelie

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Sun Oct 12, 2025, 03:33 PM Sunday

Russia's Military Exposed: The Hidden Flaws Within - Jason Jay Smart



Behind Russia’s carefully constructed wall of propaganda lies a country in a state of systemic collapse. The official numbers from state media hide a devastating truth: an economy that is rapidly decaying, a workforce that is underpaid or unemployed, and a regime that can no longer financially sustain its protracted war in Ukraine. In this detailed analysis, Jason Jay Smart exposes the deep fractures tearing apart the foundations of Putin’s power, connecting the dots between crippling international sanctions, rampant internal corruption, and the billions in frozen assets that are now beyond Moscow's reach.

The evidence of this decay is undeniable and widespread. Factories that once fueled the Russian war machine now sit silent, their production lines halted by a lack of Western components. The aviation industry is in a death spiral, with national airlines cannibalizing parked jets just to find spare parts to keep a dwindling number of planes in the air. For ordinary citizens, this economic failure is felt daily as crippling inflation rises and employers are forced to cut hours and salaries. Meanwhile, Europe is finalizing plans to seize Russia’s frozen sovereign assets to fund the reconstruction of Ukraine, a decisive financial maneuver that will permanently cripple Moscow’s ability to project power on the world stage.

This internal collapse is mirrored by a series of catastrophic failures on the battlefield. Russia's losses of soldiers and equipment are staggering, and the state is rapidly running out of trained manpower to fill the gaps. High-ranking generals are routinely dismissed or jailed as the Kremlin scrambles for scapegoats. Geopolitically, former allies are now exploiting Russia's weakness. China, for instance, now dictates the price of Russian oil and gas, squeezing the last significant source of revenue for Putin's government. The pattern is a haunting echo of the Soviet collapse: a state defined by international isolation, brutal internal repression, and complete financial exhaustion. The war that was meant to restore an empire is instead destroying the country from within. The collapse is not a future possibility. It has already begun.

CHAPTERS:

00:00 – The Rust Beneath Russia’s Facade
01:28 – Economic Decay Hidden by Propaganda
03:07 – Sanctions and Frozen Assets Bite Back
05:02 – Factories and Railways Shut Down
06:40 – Aviation Crisis: Planes Without Parts
08:25 – Soldiers, Generals, and the Cost of Collapse
10:14 – China Tightens Its Grip on Russia
12:05 – The Soviet Pattern Repeats
13:35 – Why Russia’s Fall Is Inevitable
14:22 – Endscreen | Support Ukraine
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Russia's Military Exposed: The Hidden Flaws Within - Jason Jay Smart (Original Post) TexasTowelie Sunday OP
Destruction of the US and Russia. Both from decisions from within their respective corrupt regimes. MLAA Sunday #1

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1. Destruction of the US and Russia. Both from decisions from within their respective corrupt regimes.
Sun Oct 12, 2025, 03:44 PM
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