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Jason Jay Smart

@jjsmart.bsky.social
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Джейсон Джей Смарт, PhD. Writes at KyivPost.com. Check out the latest: YT & Substack: @jasonjaysmart.

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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🔥 A secret at the heart of Putin's rise could end his regime today. In 1999, an FSB operation made him ruler. Today, that crime is the regime's fatal vulnerability. 👉 This single lever can break his system from within.
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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🔥 Moscow is in freefall as Russia’s ruling class tears itself apart from within. The FSB is executing systematic purges across the business elite, wiping out every remaining safety net. 👉 Insiders warn the ruthless battle for post-Putin survival has breached the Kremlin.
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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
🔥 Moscow has no idea what is actually happening on the battlefield. The system is so broken that generals, while losing towns, are winning Kremlin medals for capturing them. 👉 Russia’s high command isn’t just out of touch with reality. It’s a threat to Russia’s own army.
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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🔥 While Moscow staged fake photo ops, Ukraine quietly crushed the northern front in Operation Vivaldi. Ukrainian forces pushed enemy lines back 6km, seizing 1,500 heavy vehicles 👉 Russian lines are breaking in real time as panic spreads in Moscow. Uncensored tactical breakdown of where it happened
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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🔥 Moscow threw 250,000 troops into Donbas to encircle Ukraine's fortress cities. Ukraine froze the push, launched Operation Vivaldi, and liberated 125 km². 👉 Russia burned its elite units... And has only lost ground to show for it. Join @chuckpfarrer.bsky.social & I! youtube.com/live/bUwT8Ur...
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Russia POURED Its Army Into Donbas. Ukraine GAINED Ground. | Pfarrer & Smart
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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
👉 The Kremlin traded a generation of heavy armor for negative territory. But then it got worse: It exposed the one vulnerability it can't fix. jasonjaysmart.substack.com/p/russia-is-...
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Russia Is Moving the War Into Europe’s Rear
Russia is actively attacking Ukraine’s war effort long before weapons, fuel, data, and equipment ever cross the front lines.
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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🔥 Moscow threw 250,000 troops into Donbas to encircle Ukraine's fortress cities. Ukraine froze the push, launched Operation Vivaldi, and liberated 125 km². 👉 Russia burned its elite units... And has only lost ground to show for it. Join @chuckpfarrer.bsky.social & I! youtube.com/live/bUwT8Ur...
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Russia POURED Its Army Into Donbas. Ukraine GAINED Ground. | Pfarrer & Smart
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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
⚡️⚡️⚡️ The official Russian results are in. Ah, democracy: higher turnout and Putin’s vote share enjoy a statistically perfect romance across every region. 👉 Every turnout spike produces an identical landslide: It is not an election. It is a choreographed political miracle.
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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
⚡️⚡️You don't get 99.85% of the vote through popularity. You get it through terror. It begins in secret dungeons for electrocution &execution It spreads to a private compound zoo holding human captives It peaks, on video, with his sons "gifting" him 3 Ukrainian POWs in 2022.
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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🔥🔥🔥Samara oil refinery, in Russia, used to produce 142,000 barrels per day. Those days are over. Now it just burns. 👉 Russia only needs to lose a bit more and the lack of liquidity will start effecting its banks in dramatic ways.
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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🔥🔥🔥 No fear of arrest. Full access to the truth. Democratic society. Yet double-digit percentages of Russians in Berlin, Paris, and New York still voted for Putin's party. 👉You can take the voter out of Russia. But you can't always take the Kremlin out of the voter.
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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
⚡️This is the first crack in the dam. Very unfortunate. Although Mikhail Fridman calls the war a "tragedy," he returned to Moscow in 2023 & consistently refuses to criticize Putin directly. A must-read on how the Kremlin weaponizes its billionaires: time.com/6102593/ukra...
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Is Ukraine’s New Holocaust Memorial Also an Instrument of Kremlin Propaganda?
When finished, the total cost of the controversial project is expected to reach $100 million, making it the world’s most ambitious effort to memorialize the Holocaust in at least a generation
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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🔥 Moscow plunged into lockdown after Ukrainian drones POUNDED the capital on election day. Panicked officials muted air raid alerts, cut mobile phone networks, and grounded 400 flights. 👉 Putin can turn off the city's alarms, but he can't quiet the fight now in the Kremlin.
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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
⚡⚡⚡ Russia spent billions building the dense air defense grid in history around Moscow. Last night, 450 Ukrainian drones attacked, and the Moscow refinery was hit anyway. 👉 Moscow was supposed to be untouchable. The capital's defenses just failed.
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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"To understand Putin's regime: Don't apply geopolitics. You aren't dealing with a government; it's a mafia running a state-sponsored Ponzi scheme. The wild 90s mafias were not beaten-just consolidated. Putin is the godfather of the Russian mafia." www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Behind his strongman image, Putin's world is shrinking
Vladimir Putin has built extraordinary power over almost three decades as Russia's leader. Yet as voters go to the polls this weekend, insiders say his world is shrinking.
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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“We will take Kyiv 🇺🇦 in three days. We will be welcomed as liberators.” Local graffiti, in Kyiv, makes a different projection for the occupiers.
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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
👉 The bribe money is gone, and the Kremlin’s war machine is officially imploding. youtu.be/PUZkcuvcRRA
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Putin Is All Out Of Money To Buy Loyalty.
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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
⚡⚡⚡ Putin is seizing massive corporate assets like Nestlé. But this desperate heist has turned into something far bigger than he anticipated. 👉 The money ran out. The loyalty broke. The regime is unraveling.
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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
🔥 Ukraine 🇺🇦 launched its largest Moscow drone strike yet: 1,600+ drones hit the Gazpromneft refinery, crippling a hub supplying 40% of Moscow's fuel and 70% of regional gas/jet fuel. ⚡️ Meanwhile, UA forces liberated 43.5 km² and 2 Donetsk settlements in Operation Vivaldi.
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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
⚡⚡⚡ Putin is seizing massive corporate assets like Nestlé. But this desperate heist has turned into something far bigger than he anticipated. 👉 The money ran out. The loyalty broke. The regime is unraveling.
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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
🔥 Russian state TV admits troops in Crimea lack basic rifles and trucks. Meanwhile, Ukraine built the FP-9 ballistic missile, carrying an 800kg warhead 855km deep into Russian rear bases. 👉 Asymmetric precision is changing this war. youtube.com/shorts/l3rUo...
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Russia CAN'T STOP Ukraine's Secret FP-9 Missile
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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🔥 Russia is losing territory in Donbas, so Moscow is pushing the war deeper into Europe. Meanwhile, a critical industrial raw material keeps flowing directly from Ireland to Russia. 👉 My discussion with Caolan Robertson on the massive scandal nobody wants to touch. www.youtube.com/live/WDuvlpT...
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Russia’s War Is Starting to Break From the Inside | Caolan Robertson & Jason Smart
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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🔥 After years of selling Putin’s war, Russian propagandists panicked and begged for bodyguards. Then they realized Putin did not send the guards to protect them. He sent them to keep them in line. 👉 Now they are the Kremlin's prisoners. youtube.com/shorts/QUNdS...
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Russia Just Put State TV Hosts Under Guard
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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
👉 This is not just wedding money: the financier is tied to a network that supplies Russian troops and transfers Ukrainian children into Russia, linking Trump’s inner circle to Putin’s security & war machine. Substack: jasonjaysmart.substack.com/p/breaking-w... YouTube: youtube.com/live/p5U3K_r...
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BREAKING: Who Secretly Funded Don Jr.’s Bahamas Wedding?
The Russian who funded Don Jr.’s party was backed by Putin’s security chief, a former FSB Alpha officer, decorated by the Kremlin 31 days earlier, and joined Putin in China just four days before the e
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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🔥 Who funded Don Jr.’s wedding party? A Dubai firm tied to Umar Kremlev, backed by Putin security chief. • 31 days prior: Decorated by Putin • 4 days prior: Joined Putin in China • Kremlev’s circle is directly tied to kidnapping Ukrainian kids 👉 Something's very wrong.
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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🔥🔥 Russia considers YOU to be the enemy: And you are NOT safe. Putin’s war against the West is rapidly accelerating. Ex-CIA Station Chief & Russia Expert Sean Wiswesser (@Wiswesser) lays out what’s next.
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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🔥 Putin called returning veterans Russia's "new elite." He then cheated them of their promised power. Over 99% were blocked from leadership roles as the Kremlin fears armed soldiers in parliament refusing to take orders. 👉 They don't want more lies. They want revenge. NOW.
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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
🔥🔥🔥 World War III is quietly escalating inside NATO borders. Ex-CIA Chief Sean @Wiswesser warns the MASSIVE surge in Russian sabotage, cut cables & assassinations is leading the West into a direct war. 👉 Putin is fast-tracking a NATO showdown: Can his military survive?
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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
⚡️⚡️Skies over Ukraine🇺🇦 right now. Kyiv is circled. Drones now. Missiles later. Europe is gambling these skies will never become its own. 👉It could be starving Russia’s war machine now. Instead, Belgium still lets Russian LNG enter through Zeebrugge and keeps Moscow funded.
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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
🔥 Putin always pitted his spy services against each other. If no one grew too powerful, no one could challenge the Tsar. 👉 Now those services are at open war - and his own regime is on the line.
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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
🔥 🔥 🔥 Ukraine broke Russia's Lyman front line: Forces driven back 10-15 km across 200 km² (77 mi²). This crushes the northern threat to Slovyansk & exposed how weak Russia’s Army really is. 👉 Moscow came to conquer Kyiv. Right now its army is routed, fleeing Donetsk.
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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🔥 Russia relies on air alerts to grind down life in Ukrainian cities. Strikes on energy networks backfire, leaving Ukrainians more united than ever. Moscow can cut power, but never put out the light. 👉 But in Moscow, darkness is coming.
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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
⚡️In the eyes of the Kremlin, Russia is already at war with the West. www.kyivpost.com/videos/84135
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Ex-CIA Chief: NATO Is Weak and the Baltics Are Next
Former CIA Chief of Station Sean Wiswesser says NATO’s deterrence is too weak and warns that the Baltic states could be Russia’s next target.
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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
‼️"'I believe the Baltics are next." Russia hand & former CIA Chief of Station Sean Wiswesser warns that Russia is already waging a hybrid war against the West - betting NATO will hesitate when challenged. Full coverage below.
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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
⚡️Putin's regime knows no loyalty. But now, even the Kremlin mouthpieces live in fear. YouTube: youtu.be/O7EDt7tBVhc Substack: jasonjaysmart.substack.com/p/the-imperi...
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Russia's TV Mouthpieces Now Fear Putin's Guards
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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
🔥After years of selling Putin’s war, Russian propagandists panicked & begged for bodyguards. Then they realized something that has left them living in fear: Those guards aren't there to protect them from outside threats. 👉They're there to keep them from stepping out of line.
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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
🔥 Ukrainian drone strikes in Russia, near Anapa & Gelendzhik, reportedly wiped out a rare Su-33 carrier jet, a Mi-8 helicopter, and key Kasta-2E2 & 92N6 radar systems. 👉 Overnight loss: over $230M–$300M.
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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🔥 Moscow’s frontline supply network has completely shattered: Russian forces now haul artillery shells on donkeys. 👉 Adaptive Ukrainian operators are now routinely destroying Russian armored pushes in under 65 minutes.
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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
⚡️⚡️ “Putin doesn’t get the info he needs; he gets the info he wants to hear.” As Moscow ignores reality, Russia continues to suffer unsustainable losses in Ukraine 🇺🇦. 👉 Powerful analysis from featuring former Navy SEAL Chuck Pfarrer. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PX9p...
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Putin’s conquest of Ukraine’s Donbas will take 4 MORE years and cost 2m Russian lives
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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🚨 MASSIVE Russian missile attack on Ukraine🇺🇦. EXTREMELY loud explosions in Kyiv. ▪️ Kyiv: ~25 ballistic missiles in under 45 mins ▪️ ~30–40 Kh-101 cruise missiles launched ▪️ Kalibr missiles fired from the sea 👉 Residential buildings destroyed in Kyiv. Russian terrorism.
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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
🔥Kremlin propaganda shifts hourly. Its front line move in decades. YouTube: youtu.be/YHZJaK_FgKU Substack: jasonjaysmart.substack.com/p/putin-want...
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Putin's Lies Just BACKFIRED on His Own Army
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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
🔥 Putin promised US envoys Witkoff and Kushner that Donetsk falls by Dec 31. At its current pace, capturing Donetsk before October 2032 is mathematically impossible. 👉 Moscow sells fantasy deadlines to mask front-line failure.
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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
🔥 1.4M casualties just to capture ruined villages. His generals call the war a loss, and the Kremlin sees a failing leader. 👉 Putin is right to be paranoid: there is now a very real threat inside Moscow. youtube.com/shorts/vp0SE...
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Russia Wanted Donbas. It DESTROYED Its Own Army.
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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
🔥 Russia’s air-defense problem is no longer in the sky. Ukraine threatens airfields, refineries, and supply lines from deep inside the rear. Moscow is pivoting to stop strikes before launch. 👉 But there's a new problem: It cannot see where the next attack begins.
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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Russia's having its lunch eaten by its "friends": And the worst is yet to come. YouTube: youtu.be/WCDJOD8vwyE SubStack: jasonjaysmart.substack.com/p/russia-is-...
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Russia Is So Desperate Even North Korea Is GAUGING It
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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Witkoff & Kushner: Start negotiations with the Russian dictator by telling him what fond memories they will - always - have of him. Was Putin touched by their warmth? No. He realize they were dumber than he had even hoped.
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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
🔥 Beijing, Pyongyang, and Tehran aren't rescuing Putin; they are shaking him down. They take cheap crude, rocket secrets, and bill astronomical markups for defective equipment. 👉 Moscow traded isolation for three ruthless loan sharks: And now the trap is closing - FAST.
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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
👉 Break Russia’s war economy, or expect the war to continue. Moscow has no reason to stop fighting. Economic data from the Bank of Finland Institute for Emerging Economies (BOFIT): www.bofit.fi/en/monitorin...
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Russia’s diverging economic trends continue
The Bank of Finland Institute for Emerging Economies (BOFIT) is an internationally renowned research institute specialising in emerging economies and global economic developments.
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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
⚡️⚡️One reason Putin has an economic incentive to keep the war going: over 10% of Russia’s workforce is tied directly or indirectly to the war economy. 👉Defense industry employs 3.8M; armed forces system 2.4M. Add suppliers and local businesses, and peace becomes economic ruin.
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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
🔥 Russia invaded with 56 warships. Ukraine had no navy. 4 years later, Russian ships are STILL SINKING in Novorossiysk. 👉 Zero Ukrainian fleet. One Russian navy, converted entirely to submarines… and it’s about to get worse.
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