Fact Check: Putin's Control and Russia's Crisis Amid Ukraine Offensive

Vladimir Putin is officially losing control of Russia and that's why he's hiding in his

bunker while his country burns. As Ukraine unleashes a new counter offensive to completely shatter the

Russian front lines, the panic inside Moscow has reached a boiling point. Desperate to hide his humiliating

military collapse from the public, Putin has just triggered a draconian internet blackout across the largest city in

Europe. But the truth is getting out anyway. Situation is so bad that in an unprecedented betrayal, one of the

Kremlin's most ruthless and loyal propagandists just publicly turned on Putin, releasing a scathing manifesto

demanding that Putin be put on trial as war criminal. We don't see things like these in Russia and this is exactly why

Putin is scared. Let's start from the military front. This is the Zaparisia front. These are Ukrainian gains from

February and March. This counter offensive is still ongoing and it's actually record-breaking. This is the

first time Ukraine has gained territory since 2023, almost 3 years ago. And here's how Russian military bloggers are

describing the situation. The situation on the front is dire. The enemy has regained superiority in the lower sky

aka drones. Then enemy is using these drones to isolate the front lines. After the isolation, there's a barrage of

drone fire followed by a rollup attack. The enemy is recapturing positions. There's a risk of a large scale

breakthrough. Many military personnel say that the enemy is preparing to repeat the situation of the fall of 2022

when we lost huge territory. Important to point out that these are Russian war bloggers saying this, not Ukrainians.

And they are saying it publicly that this time the defeat of Russian forces could be worse than what happened in

2022. We urgently need organizational and technical measures to counter drones. New solutions are needed. If new

solutions are not implemented now, it will be too late tomorrow. This is as clear as it gets. Russian lines are

collapsing and Putin is at a risk of losing territory that he's sacrificed millions of Russians for. So what

exactly is he doing in a time like this? Well, I'm sure some of you guys can take a guess. He's shutting down the internet

so Russians don't find out what's actually happening. I'm not kidding. There's no mobile internet in Moscow,

the largest city in Europe. Take a listen. This is how the citizens of Moscow are reacting.

>> This is just a nightmare. Where are we going anyway? What kind of wilderness are they leading us into? They shut down

Instagram, Telegram, YouTube, everything. Everything. In short, they took away the internet everywhere. Cut

it out. Cut off everywhere. Okay, now let's take some more cattle. Just turn off the water and electricity and sit

there, die, perish. Is all heading. I understand that of course security measures need to be taken. Something

some kind of excess, it seems to me, and overkill. We need to get back on our feet. We need to get up as a whole.

society and talk about this what it is it's unacceptable. >> Now Putin claims he has to do this for

security reasons you know to protect Russians from threats that are arising from this special military operation

that he started but even that promise he cannot deliver on. Just recently the largest drone attack happened on Moscow.

It lasted more than 24 hours. Authorities had to close down multiple airports. As I said Moscow is the

biggest city in Europe. more than 13 million people. They have no mobile internet and they are still getting hit.

Putin has no answers. In fact, this is what Putin's former defense minister and current secretary of the security

council is saying. He just admitted something that no Russian official has ever said before. He said, "Until

recently, the Eural Mountains were out of the reach of Ukrainian air strikes. But now, everything in Russia is under

deep threat. Everything is in the target zone. All because of a war that Putin started." Now the question is where is

Putin? Well, as you can guess, he's in hiding. Putin has stopped appearing at Kremlin. His last public event was there

almost 9 days ago in one of the longest gaps in his schedule since the beginning of the year. The reports that are coming

out of Russia linked this disappearance to what US and Israeli intelligence are doing in Iran. How they tracked Iranian

leadership before Ham assassination. Putin saw what happened to Iran's leaders and he's now worried about his

own safety. So, he's going to just stay in his bunker for a little while while Russians suffer. Meanwhile, a member of

a Russian Duma, so basically the Russian parliament, was asked a simple question. Why is there no mobile internet in the

largest city in Europe? Are we really going back to the old ages? I'm not kidding when I say this. I was shocked

at what he said in his answer. I'm pretty sure if an American politician said this, he would be voted out the

very next day. So, just take a listen. Before that, just a quick reminder to hit the like and subscribe button down

below. Every time I make a video on Russian war updates, we have Russian bots in our comments and they try to

downvote our videos. So, your support really does help us out. Now, take a listen to this answer.

>> Of course, we need to remember forgotten things like the city telephone. Many people still have their phones at home

and now it's time for us to return not only mobile but also to office phone calls. That is a connection which can be

wired. Maybe there will be different interruptions in future. We are living in uneasy period of times. You see what

happens on Middle East. All this can spread to other regions. Unfortunately, instability is not only in Russia but

also all over the world. We need to think about it and analyze. It's necessary to switch to such a form of

communication as telecommunication which has been forgotten by many. But nevertheless, it works. I checked myself

today and where there are no mobile internet or Wi-Fi, we should go back again. There are devices, laptops which

can be connected to the >> Now, despite everything that they are going through, Russians are still

finding humor in the situation. One Russian made a very unique video about how he's sharing YouTube videos and

Instagram reels in a time like this. He goes to the post office, writes down the link on the letter, and then mails it to

his friend. You know, the modern Russian way of sharing social media post, just like the good old days. Take a look.

>> Let's dash into the post office. I want to send reals to my friends. Universe, tell me I'm going the right way.

>> Yes, thanks. Now, let's see where to go. Lovers, let's turn left. Hey, did you hear the new track dropped? It's called

Call Me, Call Me. Nothing's coming through for God's sake. Looks like our taxis over there. Hold on, I'll ping

them on the pager. This is house number five. Then over here, we need to head north.

>> Now, this is where things get serious because we are seeing something inside Russia that we have never seen before.

Russians are now publicly asking Putin to resign and they're asking him to be put on trial as a war criminal. This is

Ilia Remllo. He used to be a reliable pro- Kremlin propagandist. In fact, he was so pro- Kremlin that he would attack

anyone who would criticize the regime. He would go after people who were in the opposition. He would go after the people

who didn't support Putin and his party. But now things have changed. He just published a statement calling for Putin

to resign and calling on Russian people to put Putin on trial. Let me read you the statement because it's very very

interesting. Five reasons why I stopped supporting Vladimir Putin. Someone has to say it. Number one, the war in

Ukraine started as a police operation. The war has already claimed 1 to2 million victims. In 2014, I supported

the annexation of Crimea precisely because it was bloodless. We all thought then that Putin was the unifier of

Russian lands. But here's where we have ended up. Meatbased assaults luring contract soldiers with deception and

much else. As anyone in the special military operation will confirm, an absolute dead-end war, huge losses. It

could go on for another 5 to 10 years. Are you guys ready for that? No one is calling for war against Russia. But now

the war is being waged exclusively for Putin's complexes. We ordinary citizens get nothing from it, only losses. Reason

number two, huge damage to Russia's economy and citizens welfare, sanctions, destroyed infrastructure, loss of

trading partners. Even according to official statistics, it's trillions of dollars which we could have used to

build cities, schools, children's hospitals, completely overhaul the housing and utility sector. But what's

being built are mainly palaces of the president and his friends. Even before the war, there were problems with the

economy in the richest country. Hence of millions of people are poor. The authorities have gone so crazy that

they're depriving people of their animals as happened recently in Noah Brisk. Reason number three, the stifling

of internet and media freedom. Ironically, in 2017, it was I who asked Putin a question at a media forum about

the development of internet in Russia. Putin then replied that we would not follow the Chinese path and he lied.

Putin himself does not use internet which is disgraceful for a head of state. By the way, just a side note,

Putin also doesn't have a smartphone because he's too worried about getting hacked. So, primarily he gets his news

from just listening to other people who are in his inner circle who are supposed to be like defense minister or something

else in his government. This is a huge problem because these people usually don't tell Putin any bad news until it's

absolutely necessary to tell him. That means even though the Russian forces are getting pushed back on the front lines

right now, Putin may not even know that because he doesn't have internet himself. He's just hearing it from

people who are in his inner circle and they have their own reasons to not telling the truth. But anyway, let's get

back to the statement. We can see that mobile internet does not work even in major Russian cities. All western social

media networks and messengers are blocked. Telegram is blocked by 80% and a complete blockage is planned by the

end of the month. The system has gone so mad that is suffocating even which is used by the participants in the special

military operation. And at the same time, Russians are being driven into Max Kringo's multinational messenger,

depriving them of the right to medical care and education. Reason number four, the term of Putin's stay in power. Putin

is 74 years old. He has been in power since 1999, for more than 26, 27 years. That's truly insane when you think about

it, and it's almost older than me. And apparently Putin plans to sit on the throne for at least another 150 years.

As is well known, absolute power corrupts absolutely. And if it's also endless, even a morally flawless person

would become corrupt in such a situation. And Putin was not always like he is now. Before 2003, there was very

little to criticize him for. That's why many of us supported him before. But everything has its limits. We need a new

modern president. Reason number five, Putin does not respect his voters and does not want to hear from them. Just

look at the recent direct line event. This is like the year- end event where Putin does which is supposed to be where

any Russians can ask him a question when in reality the questions are completely pre-planned except one or two questions

that foreign journalists get to ask. But important part about the questions that foreign journalists are asking in Russia

people cannot watch those segments. When foreign journalists are asking questions and Putin is answering, those segments

are not broadcasted in Russia. That's only for the foreign audience. But let's get back to this. Just look at the

recent event. It's a complete circus. The president is frankly not interested in domestic politics and problems of

voters. He has long stopped reading telegram channels and he does not care about our daily indignations. Putin just

wants endless wars in which his children and relatives do not participate. He does not want the internet or high

salaries. I won't even mention the opposition. It simply doesn't exist. Putin himself has been saying for all

these 26 years how important criticism of the authorities and opposition is. But name a single deputy or public

figure who criticizes Putin. There are none. And those who have tried are either designated as foreign agents or

abroad or simply in the grave. Putin is afraid of participating in debates, honest elections, because then it will

immediately become clear that the king is naked. Conclusion: Vladimir Putin is not a legitimate president. Vladimir

Putin should resign. He should be put on trial as a war criminal and a thief. Long live freedom. Damn it. Definitely a

damning statement. In fact, this statement was so shocking for Russians to see that many people who follow this

war blogger actually thought that he was hacked. He was hacked by someone like me. I'm guessing they were thinking. But

this guy had to come out on a video say that, "Hey, I'm not hacked. He's doing this because he thinks this is right for

the country." Take a listen, friends. Good afternoon, everyone. I've had a look at the comments under my post.

Everyone is messaging me in quotes, "Have you been hacked?" No, I haven't been hacked. I wrote it all myself. In

other words, there can be no two ways about it. And I'm surprised by such a strong reaction. What's going on here?

Can you believe what we've got ourselves into? That's hardly even criticism of the president. It's just quite moderate

in my view. After all, I didn't call for any violent action or anything like that. Exclusively within the law, it

provokes this strange intense reaction. What have we come to? Eh, perhaps this is a reason to give it some thought. So,

have a think about it until this morning. We will pick up on this topic again tomorrow. You know what's really

paradoxical, guys? Take a look. If Putin really did surround himself with people who criticize him, who aren't afraid to

tell him the truth, who are competent rather than simply stealing money, he would be able to wage war much more

effectively. Let's take Ukraine for example. He could have done a lot there, have consolidated his power and so on.

In other words, he would have been a far more dangerous man. But he's afraid to surround himself with people like that,

isn't he? What a paradox. And because of this, he is growing weaker and weaker year after year. So, can you see what's

happening right now? There's complete disarray and chaos. In other words, I can already see the first signs of the

systems impending collapse. It is precisely because Putin is afraid to surround himself with worthy rivals,

people who challenge him that he will lose power. And that is most likely to happen this year in 2026. I know a lot

of people are paying attention to Iran right now, myself included, but things in Russia are getting interesting to say

the least. So, I'll definitely be covering more. So, be sure to hit the subscribe button down below. My name is

Sam and I'll see you guys in the next