Russia's Front Line Is Abandoned: Army Flees From Lyman | Pfarrer & Smart
Jason Jay Smart
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Russia's latest push around Lyman is now producing the opposite of what Moscow promised, with Russian forces losing ground, surrendering in significant numbers, and failing to secure positions they claimed to control. Ukrainian units are retaking nearby settlements while Russian infiltration groups struggle to hold territory, turning what was presented as a new advance into a widening withdrawal. At the same time, drones are penetrating defenses around areas Moscow once treated as secure.
Around Lyman, reports of roughly 250 Russian soldiers surrendering north of the city raise serious questions about morale, training, command cohesion, and whether the offensive can still be sustained. Those battlefield problems are being compounded by damaged drone units, strained logistics, equipment failures, and air defenses increasingly stretched between protecting the front and defending critical areas deeper inside Russia. Further losses could leave commanders with fewer forces capable of restoring the positions already slipping away.
What began as another attempt to push forward is now exposing weaknesses far beyond one section of the map. Chuck Pfarrer and Jason Smart connect the fighting around Lyman with the larger problems facing Russia's army, showing how an offensive can unravel when troops surrender, command structures weaken, and defenses fail at the same time.
CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro: Drones Breach Kherson Blockade
03:23 - Russian Lies Fake Lyman Control
04:55 - Mass Surrenders Expose Russian Collapse
07:15 - Crashes Reveal Aviation Failures
10:06 - Spies Subdue Russian Generals
13:11 - Putin Seizes Property for Bunkers
18:43 - Kremlin Stages Mock Nuclear Protests
23:38 - Heavy Losses Strain Air Defenses
27:53 - Ukrainian Forces Liberate Villages
31:32 - Ground Drones Strike Russian Rear
35:53 - Hybrid Attacks Target NATO Gaps
42:18 - Russian Strikes Target Civilians
48:54 - Kremlin Recruits Foreign Saboteurs
59:48 - Winter Cold Threatens Troops
01:05:41 - Kremlin Nuclear Threats Signal Fear
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A few years ago in the United States I was listening to a gentleman from Donetsk (by the way, he spoke PERFECT Ukrainian) and he explained what russsian leadership did during the 1932/1933 HOLODOMOR genocide. The russian army would surround Ukrainian villages and NOT allow Ukrainians to leave. Then, russian soldiers would go into Ukrainian villages stealing all the foodstuffs. During this time period, there was a spike in russian grain exports (I listened to documentaries that detailed these russian practices). russian leadership profited while murdering millions of Ukrainians. russia is EVIL!
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Russia's Front Line Is Abandoned: Army Flees From Lyman | Pfarrer & Smart
Jason Jay Smart
15,549 views
Russia's latest push around Lyman is now producing the opposite of what Moscow promised, with Russian forces losing ground, surrendering in significant numbers, and failing to secure positions they claimed to control. Ukrainian units are retaking nearby settlements while Russian infiltration groups struggle to hold territory, turning what was presented as a new advance into a widening withdrawal. At the same time, drones are penetrating defenses around areas Moscow once treated as secure.
Around Lyman, reports of roughly 250 Russian soldiers surrendering north of the city raise serious questions about morale, training, command cohesion, and whether the offensive can still be sustained. Those battlefield problems are being compounded by damaged drone units, strained logistics, equipment failures, and air defenses increasingly stretched between protecting the front and defending critical areas deeper inside Russia. Further losses could leave commanders with fewer forces capable of restoring the positions already slipping away.
What began as another attempt to push forward is now exposing weaknesses far beyond one section of the map. Chuck Pfarrer and Jason Smart connect the fighting around Lyman with the larger problems facing Russia's army, showing how an offensive can unravel when troops surrender, command structures weaken, and defenses fail at the same time.
CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro: Drones Breach Kherson Blockade
03:23 - Russian Lies Fake Lyman Control
04:55 - Mass Surrenders Expose Russian Collapse
07:15 - Crashes Reveal Aviation Failures
10:06 - Spies Subdue Russian Generals
13:11 - Putin Seizes Property for Bunkers
18:43 - Kremlin Stages Mock Nuclear Protests
23:38 - Heavy Losses Strain Air Defenses
27:53 - Ukrainian Forces Liberate Villages
31:32 - Ground Drones Strike Russian Rear
35:53 - Hybrid Attacks Target NATO Gaps
42:18 - Russian Strikes Target Civilians
48:54 - Kremlin Recruits Foreign Saboteurs
59:48 - Winter Cold Threatens Troops
01:05:41 - Kremlin Nuclear Threats Signal Fear
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Dr. Jason Jay Smart, also known as Jason Smart and Jason J Smart, is a political adviser who has lived and worked in Ukraine, Moldova, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Latin America. In 2010, he was banned for life by the Kremlin for supporting Russia’s democratic opposition to Vladimir Putin.
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