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Putin Can't Protect Crimea and Moscow - Professor Gerdes Explains 🇺🇦
Crimea is increasingly becoming a Russian liability. Ukraine is striking fuel supplies, disrupting logistics, forcing power cuts, and creating pressure around the Kerch Bridge while Russia also worries about Moscow, St. Petersburg, Belarus, and the front lines. Putin’s problem is no longer just Ukraine’s resistance; it is that Russia’s war machine now has too many weak points to defend at the same time.
Chapters
0:00 Crimea is being cut off
1:40 Ukraine targets Russia’s fuel system
3:42 The war returns to Russia
6:14 Cracks inside Russia
8:46 Poland-Ukraine tensions
13:31 Belarus gets a warning
15:47 Europe and NATO posture
18:12 Trump, Putin, and Ukraine
21:24 Final reflection
Chapters
0:00 Crimea is being cut off
1:40 Ukraine targets Russia’s fuel system
3:42 The war returns to Russia
6:14 Cracks inside Russia
8:46 Poland-Ukraine tensions
13:31 Belarus gets a warning
15:47 Europe and NATO posture
18:12 Trump, Putin, and Ukraine
21:24 Final reflection