Jay in Kyiv

Ukraine continues its precision strikes across Russia’s most critical infrastructure — hitting oil refineries, petrochemical plants, export ports, and energy facilities that fuel the Kremlin’s war machine. Each strike exposes deeper fractures inside Russia’s collapsing economy.

As Ukraine tightens the pressure, the Russian Central Bank is now forcing commercial banks to buy mountains of worthless government bonds to keep the system from crashing. Behind the scenes, the oil market is imploding, export revenues are falling, and Moscow is scrambling to hide the scale of the crisis.

At the same time, Russian investigative journalists are uncovering the real histories of the country’s ruling elite — stories the Kremlin never wanted the public to know. And in a new push toward total control, the government is demanding citizens install FSB spyware on their devices, tightening surveillance as unrest grows.

Meanwhile, yet another propaganda disaster unfolded when Russia unveiled a supposed “cutting-edge robot”… which immediately fell over in front of the cameras.

Outside Russia’s borders, resistance to Kremlin influence is accelerating. In Georgia, mass protests have erupted again as citizens reject the Russian-backed government and demand a democratic future.

This video breaks down the strikes, the economic unraveling, the political panic, and the growing backlash across the region.