Ukraine Gains as Putin's Spy Network in Europe Crumbles - Jason Jay Smart

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Across Europe, Russian spy networks are being dismantled. Security services in Germany, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, and the United Kingdom expose Moscow’s agents, shut courier cells, and cut cash and equipment pipelines. Germany files charges against dual citizens scouting U.S. bases; Poland detains a rail and arson group; Latvia and Lithuania disrupt parcel bomb routes; UK courts jail a six person ring with new arrests in Essex. These counterintelligence operations fracture Russia’s external logistics, slow procurement, and force the Kremlin to spend resources at home instead of exporting sabotage.

On the frontline, Ukraine advances in Donetsk along the Pokrovsk to Ocheretyne axis. Liberated villages and gains of roughly 3 to 7 kilometers (2 to 4 miles) flip who fires first, open counter battery windows, and push Russian ammunition and fuel farther from the line. In total, more than 160 square kilometers (62 square miles) return to Ukrainian control. Trenches are abandoned under sustained artillery pressure, while new Ukrainian positions create cleaner angles on supply corridors. The effect is cumulative: slower resupply, longer rotations, and a fading Russian tempo across the sector.

Inside Russia, the energy war compounds the pressure. The Primorsk oil terminal halts loadings; the Kirishi refinery, about 355,000 barrels per day, reduces capacity; fires and shutdowns are recorded from Volgograd to Bashkortostan. Each outage widens the Urals discount, raises freight and war risk insurance, and shrinks budget inflows. Tankers queue, throughput falls, and short range air defenses are pulled from trenches to guard refineries and depots, thinning the very line meant to hold ground.

Together, these three fronts squeeze Moscow. Fewer shells, fewer trucks, and fewer replacements reach the line. Logistics, energy, and battlefield dynamics are moving in the same direction. As supply chains tighten and revenues fall, Russia’s costs rise, its options shrink, and Ukraine’s momentum grows.

CHAPTERS:
0:00 – Intro: Russia Under Pressure
1:05 – Europe Cracks Russian Spy Rings
3:10 – Ukraine Gains Ground in Donetsk
5:25 – Russian Oil Terminals in Flames
7:40 – Sanctions and Shrinking Revenues
9:15 – Russia Weakens on Three Fronts
11:05 – Ukraine Presses the Initiative
12:30 – Conclusion: Collapse Accelerates