Kremlin Burns Its Own Army With "Butcher" General - Jason Jay Smart

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The Kremlin is rewarding failure. Vladimir Putin just decorated Lt. Gen. Sukhrab Akhmedov as a Hero of Russia despite catastrophic assaults at Vuhledar and Pavlivka tied to his command. Marines’ letters called themselves meat for reports as units bled out in frontal pushes that destroyed equipment and lives. We reconstruct Akhmedov’s record, explain why the regime prizes loyalty and optics over competence, and spell out what that message tells conscripts, families, and regional elites shouldering the human cost.

We then examine the staff-room map that tells the truth. During a briefing by Gen. Valery Gerasimov, a wall map depicted Odesa and Mykolaiv as separated from Ukraine alongside other occupied regions. Soon after, Duma Defense Committee member Viktor Sobolev publicly named Odesa, Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, and Sumy as targets. That is not a ceasefire agenda. That is a Black Sea cutoff plan. For Western policymakers, it means a freeze would be a regroup, not peace. The correct response is sustained sanctions pressure, air defense resupply, and long-range strike support to raise Moscow’s costs while it advertises maximalist aims.

Finally, we outline reported churn inside the FSB’s 5th Service and why internal blame games accelerate when battlefield wins do not. A system that meddles with a butcher while promising to seize Ukraine’s coast is not negotiating in good faith. It is buying time for the next attempt.

CHAPTERS:
00:00 Ukraine's Winning Strategy
02:41 Russia's Unrealistic War Goals
05:12 Why Russia Keeps Failing
09:00 The Economic Unraveling of Russia
11:17 The End Is Near for Putin's Regime
12:18 Outro

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1. What happens when it runs out of vodka and potatoes?

1917 again?