Moscow's Shutdown Reveals This About Ukraine's Next Move - Jason Jay Smart

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On July 20, 2025, Ukraine launched its most disruptive drone strike on Moscow to date—shutting down all four major airports. More than 134 planes were rerouted, passengers were stranded for hours, and fires broke out in the suburbs of Zelenograd.

In a shocking turn of events, the strike exposed critical weaknesses in Russia's air defense system, overwhelming radar and jamming networks once considered impenetrable. This was not just a failure of hardware—but a collapse in confidence. The implications of this exposure are enormous: flights grounded, public panic, and regime isolation.

Ukraine’s evolving drone tactics are rewriting modern warfare, forcing Russia to spend exponentially more defending exponentially less. And as Moscow struggles to adapt, each drone strike chips away at Putin’s psychological stability—and at his ability to protect Russia’s capital.

In this video, we’ll delve into the full strategic impact of the July 20 attack: the type of drones used, how they bypassed Russian defenses, and the growing economic and military consequences of Kyiv’s long-range drone strategy. This is psychological warfare fused with precision engineering. Every strike costs Ukraine mere thousands, yet forces the Kremlin into million-dollar overreactions. Putin’s paranoia is no longer rumor—it’s operational fact. Bunkers, armored trains, and total digital lockdown define his regime. And this campaign is no accident. It’s designed to bankrupt the illusion of Russian invincibility—until the entire system collapses under its own weight.

If you want to understand why this moment matters—and how it’s reshaping the future of the war—watch until the end.

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1. "Previous American rule to Ukraine -- you cannot kill Putin. It's very clear those rules are no longer in place."

What I'm seeing:
So there's been an information bubble within Russia, right? Putin knows no one's going to look out for him? And that oligarchs know that in reality Putin can't guarantee their security there, and they're not going to come out of this well through Putin, right?
Because authoritative information matters in this existential years-long war: How does Smart come to know all this.

The first casualty of war is Truth. I have to ask where this Smart guy is getting his information from besides Telegram. All we really know is what his YouTube summary tells us: that Smart was a political adviser who has lived and worked in Ukraine, Moldova, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Latin America. In 2010, he was banned for life by the Kremlin... was he a hired PR propagandist?

Amazon "books" section says this:
Smart specializes in applying quantitative and qualitative data analysis in developing offensive and defensive political strategies, especially those related to defending or rebuilding one's reputation or brand after a character assassination attempt. Smart frequently writes on political subjects for the global press and regularly gives televised interviews.
His B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. all relate to political science and his doctoral dissertation specifically studied the phenomena of character assassination. Site: http://jasonjaysmart.com.

This report from the Institute for the Study of War seems contrary to what Smart is reporting:
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-july-20-2025