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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 9h

Russia’s Kupiansk “success”?

The math says failure: 27k Russian losses in 340 days for rubble, ~800 troops per km².

At this pace, conquering Ukraine takes 3,800 to 16,900 years and 110 to 489M dead.

Kremlin monthly recruits 30k, but loses 35k.

👉 No off-ramp for Putin.

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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 1d

"To the little angels, who encountered human cruelty so early and, unfortunately, will never become adults…"

From the memorial in Kharkiv for Ukrainian children 🇺🇦 killed during Russia's full-scale invasion.

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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 2d

Love and war.

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Brodie Wolstenholme @browolstenholme.bsky.social · 3d

@jjsmart.bsky.social another enlightening video today about what's going on in Russia that is almost never reported in the west.

youtu.be/7fPt6-UWfV0?...

Putin's 1991 Nightmare: Swan Lake RETURNS

YouTube video by Jason Jay Smart

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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 9d

Not all heroes wear capes.

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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 9d

⚡️⚡️Russians blew up an ammonia pipeline near Rusyn Yar, Donetsk region - trying to slow down the advance of Ukrainian forces.

👉 Terrorism as strategy. Desperation as doctrine.

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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 9d

‼️ 73% of Kyiv is in blackout after Russia’s drone attack. The drones flew just 200 meters above the city.

This is the moment the electricity went out.

👉 Now: Russian refineries must burn.

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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 14d

⚡️ “US media and YouTube have been targeted by Kremlin influence networks for years, seeding myths like Ukraine biolabs, Nazi framing, and claims about protecting Russian speakers.”

👉 Here is how and who is doing it.

My latest for Kyiv Post.
www.kyivpost.com/videos/61472

How Kremlin Propaganda Captured US Media

US media and YouTube have been targeted by Kremlin influence networks for years, seeding myths like Ukraine biolabs, Nazi framing, and claims about protecting Russian speakers.

www.kyivpost.com

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Julia @juliassr.bsky.social · 15d

Russia’s power is warning because it doesn’t take a genius to understand that a country the size of 21,800 New York cities and the GDP of one is no superpower. And a genius putin is far from

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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 15d

“Putin’s war is driven by ideology, power, and ego. He neither wants nor understands peace. The answer is force and deterrence: arm Ukraine, rebuild Europe’s strength, and show Russians that Putin’s road is a dead end.”
tinyurl.com/fd2kxp8t

From Moldova to Africa, Russia’s Power Is Waning

The defeat of Moscow-friendly parties in the Moldovan election is just the latest of many setbacks.

tinyurl.com

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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 19d

Kyiv, Ukraine 🇺🇦 will be free!

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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 21d

❗️Russia’s Shaheds over Kyiv, Ukraine 🇺🇦.

👉 Russia must be defeated.

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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · 25d

⚡️⚡️At the UN, Sec. Rubio said Trump worked “tirelessly” to end the war in Ukraine, even offering a ceasefire.

👉 He warned US patience is limited and promised more costs and arms for Ukraine if Moscow refuses peace.
www.state.gov/releases/off...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio at a United Nations Security Council Ministerial Meeting on Ukraine - United States Department of State

SECRETARY RUBIO: Thank you, Mr. President, and all of you for convening here today on this important matter. When President Trump took office, he made it among his highest priorities the restoration...

www.state.gov

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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · Sep 4

‼️ Spotted at Frankfurt Airport @Airport_FRA.

A man with a Russian Airborne (VDV) tattoo reading "No one but us" ("Никто кроме нас") with their logo - a panda and rifle.

A German cop told me: "There is nothing we can do."

Germany, why do criminals walk free on your soil?

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PKs Powerfromspace1 @powerfromspace1.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 2

@jjsmart.bsky.social

#Kremlin CIVIL WAR: FSB Purges MORE Russian Generals 🪖

https://youtu.be/zZVhyQSodRc?feature=shared

8/31/2025

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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · Sep 2

“Technology decides wars. Ukraine calls for those who can master it: join the drone systems company.”

- Seen in Kyiv 🇺🇦 recruiting soldiers to work on drones.

Though less in the news these days: The fight for freedom continues.

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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · Aug 28

⚡️⚡️ In Kyiv, Ukraine 🇺🇦 helicopters scoop water from lakes to extinguish the fires from Putin’s bombing of the city last night.

👉 Multiple civilian fatalities.

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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · Aug 28

“Deep behind enemy lines, the Phoenix UAV unit struck Russian forces, destroying nine tanks and vehicles and disrupting their heavy transport.”

- United24

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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · Aug 27

🔥 About 200 drones are striking occupied Crimea. Explosions reported in Sevastopol, Saky, Yevpatoria & Novofedorivka.

- Russian channels

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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · Aug 20

⚡️⚡️ Loud explosions in Kyiv, Ukraine 🇺🇦. Sounds like air defense.

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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · Aug 19

200,000 YouTube subscribers in 3 months.

It shows the international community realizes we are not getting the full truth: Ukraine does not "need" a bad peace deal and Russia is not "strong."

This is what is really happening:
▶️ www.youtube.com/@JasonJaySmart

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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · Aug 18

Calling out Russia’s devious intentions is not “Russophobia” - it’s realism.

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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · Aug 18

Russians carrying an American flag are storming Ukrainian Armed Forces positions on the Zaporizhzhia front.

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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · Aug 17

‼️ Putin’s peace plan demands (Reuters):

- 🇺🇦 withdraws from Donetsk & Luhansk
- Frontline freeze in Kherson & Zaporizhzhia
- No ceasefire until full deal signed
- Recognition of Crimea as 🇷🇺
- Rollback of sanctions on Moscow
- 🇺🇦 barred from NATO
- Russian language & Orthodox Church rights

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Jason Jay Smart @jjsmart.bsky.social · Aug 15

It’s quite clearer not Putin.

I’m not into conspiracies - but that’s not the Russian dictator.

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