Putin is facing pressure from every direction. In this video, we examine Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s latest statements about alleged divisions within Putin’s inner circle, Ukraine’s expanding long-range strike strategy, and the creation of a new command aimed at deep attacks inside Russia. We also explore the fuel crisis, growing political pressure, and what these developments could mean for the future of the war. Watch now for the full analysis.
⏱️ CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Russia Ground Campaign Fails in 2026
00:42 - Germany Funds 50,000 Shrike Drones for Ukraine
03:34 - France Sends Rafale Jets and Missile Tech
08:32 - Drones Cause 80% of Russian War Casualties
11:08 - How Ukraine Builds SCALP and Patriot Missiles
15:54 - Is Russia Losing the War of Attrition?
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00:42 - Germany Funds 50,000 Shrike Drones for Ukraine
03:34 - France Sends Rafale Jets and Missile Tech
08:32 - Drones Cause 80% of Russian War Casualties
11:08 - How Ukraine Builds SCALP and Patriot Missiles
15:54 - Is Russia Losing the War of Attrition?
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00:00Moscow will burn. That's the warning that Ukraine has been delivering for months.
00:05Putin has heard it. He has tried to ignore it. But after Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered
00:10a pair of brutal bombshells back to back, Putin has to realize that the end is coming. Why?
00:18Ukraine might be bringing the gasoline, but it's Putin's own people who are going to light the
00:23match. Ukraine now has a historic chance to end the war once and for all. As Putin has just been
00:29told that members of his own inner circle are united with Ukraine in a desire for peace.
00:35And if peace doesn't come, well, Ukraine's second bombshell will ensure that Putin submits to force
00:40if he doesn't submit to pressure. We'll start with the inner circle and we'll let Zelenskyy do the
00:45talking. On July 10th, Zelenskyy delivered his evening address as he does every day,
00:51and he used it to send a message to Putin that will feel like a dagger plunged directly into the
00:56heart of Russia's leader. The fuel crisis in Russia is deepening, which is entirely fair in response
01:02to Putin's unwillingness to end this war. We have made proposals on how to bring peace closer,
01:07Zelenskyy said. Okay, so far so standard, but then the bomb was dropped. We have support not only among
01:13partners around the world, but also among Putin's circle regarding peace. They understand what is
01:19happening there and that there is no alternative to peace, Zelenskyy declared. And just like that,
01:24paranoid Putin realized that there are traitors in his midst. Members of his own inner circle who
01:30do not share his insane thirst for a war that has caused over 1.42 million casualties and counting.
01:37Panicked, Putin will be wondering who has turned on him. Is it just one or two people? A handful?
01:42Everybody? We'll speculate soon, but frankly, none of this would come as a surprise to any leader who
01:48isn't as purposefully ignorant as Putin. Zelenskyy mentions the fuel crisis that is rocking Russia,
01:54and that is a crisis of Ukraine's design that was specifically created to make Russia's people
01:59turn against their leader. Ukraine's long-range strikes can now reach every part of Russia that
02:04matters. Refineries are burning all over the country, with the most remarkable of Ukraine's
02:09strikes being a 2,500-kilometer-plus assault on Siberia's Omsk refinery. That facility was never
02:17meant to be in Ukraine's range, not even close. But now that it is, every Russian from the elite
02:22Zelenskyy claims are circling Putin like sharks to the average person on the street is unhappy and
02:28wants a change. As we speak, almost all of Russia's 83 regions are dealing with fuel shortages,
02:35of varying levels of severity. CNN reports and gas station queues extend for miles in many locations.
02:42There is desperation inside Russia. And some think that desperation could lead to Putin jumping
02:48before he's pushed. Literally. Zelenskyy isn't the only one saying that Putin has trouble with his
02:53inner circle. On July 13th, Metro reported that Estonia's foreign minister, Margus Zakhner,
03:00is saying something similar. Even among the oligarchs, more and more are doubting Putin's war.
03:05Many who spoke of victory a year ago no longer believe it, Zakhner revealed.
03:09And when talking about pressure piling onto Putin's shoulders, Zakhner didn't hold back.
03:14It's just as possible that one day he'll jump out of a window with his family. After all,
03:19things like that happen in Russia. Things like that do indeed happen in Russia.
03:23Only it's usually at Putin's command, and there is a lot more pushing out of those windows involved
03:28than jumping. We get a little insight into the desperate mindset that some believe Putin now has
03:34as he watches his war against Ukraine not only stall out on the ground, but evolve into a fight
03:38that Ukraine is winning. The drones flying all over Russia are a constant reminder to Putin,
03:43that he has failed to protect his people as he always claimed that he would. That failure stings.
03:49And even an authoritarian like Putin has to know that there is only so much of this that his people
03:55and his inner circle will be able to take before they collectively have enough and join Ukraine
04:00enforcing the peace that Putin doesn't want. As we said before, Ukraine has brought the gasoline.
04:06It's Putin's own people who may light the match. But Zelensky mentions members of Putin's inner
04:11circle, and that can only lead to speculation running rampant about who is close to Putin but
04:17showing support for Ukraine. Perhaps that's the point. A vague mention of somebody supporting Ukraine
04:23is enough to get the gears in paranoid Putin's head whirring. And it's almost inevitable that
04:29Russia's leader will be looking over his shoulder as he remembers that there has been talk of coups and
04:34mutinies in the very recent past. It was only in May that rumors were swirling that former Russian
04:39defense minister, and now head of Russia's security council, Sergei Shoigu, was involved in some sort
04:45of coup plot. Shoigu has the motivation. After years serving under Putin, he was shunted from his
04:51prominent role as defense minister to a role where he can have little real impact. That looks like Putin
04:56passing the buck for Russia's military failures to us, and Shoigu may well just carry a little resentment
05:01about it all. Could he be the member of the inner circle who wants peace just to get back at
05:06Putin?
05:07Nobody knows, and Zelensky isn't telling. On top of those rumors, a very tangible threat of mutiny
05:12has been made against Putin by a former Russian soldier. At the end of June, Alexander Lunin posted
05:18a video on Instagram where he called out Russia's military for giving troops mindless suicidal orders,
05:24and he claimed that abuse was rampant in the military. Lunin demanded a meeting with Putin. He
05:30threatened that a mutiny was brewing, and though he has been arrested since his social media outburst,
05:35Lunin also made the claim that he was simply passing along the message that high-ranking officials
05:39in Russia's ministry and security services wanted Putin to hear. More snakes in the grass. More silent
05:46members of the inner circle plotting against Putin. One thing we know for sure is that Putin has tightened
05:52security around himself as all of these rumors and outright displays of discontent have been going on.
05:58The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project says that the Kremlin has been on high
06:02alert since March due to coup rumors. Those who work directly for Putin are no longer allowed to use
06:08their cell phones or take public transport. All because Putin is scared of them being influenced
06:13or of them leaking details about where he is. In the home of every bodyguard, cook and even
06:18photographer who serves Putin, security cameras have been installed so that Russia's leader can keep an
06:24eye out at all times. Putin is scared. That much is clear. And now Zelensky claims to have support
06:31from an inner circle that already seems to be on the verge of falling apart. Putin's paranoia will only
06:37grow deeper. But there's another question that nobody seems to be asking. Is Zelensky telling the truth?
06:43It could be that Zelensky has thrown in this casual mention of Putin's inner circle wanting to turn
06:48against him and force peace with Ukraine into his evening address to take advantage of Putin's paranoia.
06:54Ukraine knows the lengths that Putin is going to in order to protect himself. There's the insane
06:59level of security, of course. There are also the reports of Putin spending the vast majority of
07:03his time hidden away in underground bunkers, only emerging when he has to make a public appearance.
07:09Well, assuming that those appearances aren't just being made by body doubles.
07:13Ukraine's drone strikes have been credited as the main reason why Putin now spends time in his bunkers.
07:18But maybe it's about more than that. Perhaps Putin thinks that he can control things inside the bunkers
07:24while keeping the inner circle wolves at bay. Pravda adds that Putin is now more fearful than ever of
07:30assassination attempts, most likely by drone, but perhaps by an angry member of the elite who is done with
07:36over four and a half years of a fruitless war that seems to exist only to massage Putin's fragile ego.
07:42And now even artificial intelligence and the threat that it poses is infecting Putin's mind.
07:48In the wake of the killing of former Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, the news broke that the
07:53assassination was made possible by the use of AI to examine hours upon hours of videos shot by Iranian
07:59traffic cameras. That analysis showed the US and Israel where Khamenei was and bunker-busting bombs followed.
08:07Putin is now so worried about the same happening to him that he's trying to stay hidden as much as
08:12possible.
08:12France 24 reports.
08:14The point we're making is that the strong man is filled with fear.
08:18Then you have Zelensky in front of his people, often on the front lines or visiting other countries to
08:23gather support. Perhaps Zelensky's mention of Putin's inner circle is a very carefully planted seed
08:28that Ukraine's president knows will burrow its roots deep into the brain of a Russian leader who is
08:33terrified of everything around him. Maybe there is no inner circle rebellion at all. If that's the case,
08:39Zelensky might just be setting the stage for Putin to go on the warpath against his own elites,
08:44and if that happens, the possibility of the betrayal will only rise. It's a no-win situation
08:49for Russia's leader. And whichever way this goes, whether Zelensky is telling the truth or not,
08:54this is a masterclass in playing on Putin's paranoia. Scared leaders make rash decisions.
08:59They make mistakes. Zelensky may be banking on that fact. And if Ukraine's president is indeed
09:05telling the truth, that's even worse for Putin. He doesn't want peace. Putin wants his people to
09:11back every crazy decision that he makes. Knowing that there are people that he's supposed to be
09:15able to trust, who are going behind his back and telling Ukraine that they want peace,
09:19is a blow that Putin may not be able to absorb. Zelensky has just sent a message to Putin here.
09:24Make peace, or your own inner circle will either force you to do it or push you out.
09:29However, Ukraine also knows that Putin isn't likely to listen. He's too wrapped up in his obsession.
09:34Too trapped by his own war, to the point where he feels like he can't end it,
09:38or the traitors that Zelensky says are in the midst will come out of the shadows.
09:42Okay, Ukraine says, if the inner circle bombshell isn't enough, maybe the second bombshell will do the
09:47job. But before we reveal what that bombshell is, this is the military show, where we dig beyond the
09:53headlines to give you the full story. If you haven't already, hit subscribe to stay ahead of the curve.
10:00In his second bombshell, Zelensky gave Putin a glimpse into the future. If Putin doesn't accept
10:06peace, Ukraine is going to make his already difficult situation so much worse. And it's going to do that
10:12by officially formalizing a deep strike campaign that is already tearing through Russia. This isn't a
10:18maybe-maybe-in-the-future-will-set-something-up situation. The decree has been signed and it's
10:24all official. Ukraine is creating a new deep strike command named the Long Range Global Impact Command,
10:30or LRGIC, that will centralize all of Ukraine's long-range capabilities with the ultimate goal
10:36of reducing the Russian military's capacity to the point where it can no longer fight the war that
10:41Putin started. The LRGIC isn't quite active yet. Zelensky says that a commander for the organization
10:47needs to be found, and he promises that this commander will be one of the strongest and most
10:52capable leaders that Ukraine's military has at its disposal. But it's coming soon, and the only way
10:58that Putin is going to be able to avoid what the LRGIC brings to the table is by finally declaring
11:03peace.
11:04But what does the LRGIC bring to the table exactly? Zelensky explains a little.
11:10This command must focus 100% of available resources in order to reduce the Russian war potential
11:15even more tangibly. The commander in this direction will be strong and definitely maximally experienced,
11:21Ukraine's president revealed. Granted, that doesn't tell us much. However, it suggests that Ukraine is
11:27going to bring all of its various long-range units together into a new command structure,
11:31Russia, much as it did for frontline drone units when it created the unmanned systems forces.
11:36Through that centralization, information will be easier to share, and coordinated long-range
11:40attacks against Russia will be simpler to plan. At least that's our assumption.
11:45Zelensky isn't giving much away, and much like his claims about Putin's inner circle,
11:49that looks like a purposeful move to inspire more fear in a Russian leader who is already on the edge.
11:54What we know for sure is that the LRGIC represents the formalization of a
11:58deep-strike campaign that is already crippling Russia. In 2026, we have seen Ukraine escalate
12:03the range, scope, and damage done by its strikes in the Russian rear, both inside Russia itself
12:09and in the occupied territories. Everything is a target, from refineries and oil infrastructure
12:15to military bases and ammunition depots. If the Russian military needs it to function,
12:20Ukraine is hitting it. And those hits are coming harder and faster than ever before. According to
12:27Euromiden Press, Ukraine has increased the number of deep strikes carried out against Russia by 1,150
12:33during the first half of 2026, when compared to the same period last year. These strikes,
12:39which occur between 500 and 2,000 kilometers beyond the front lines, and sometimes even deeper than that,
12:44have hit 172 military or energy facilities. The latter are especially damaging to Russia.
12:52US news reports that Russia's gasoline output is down 65% due to Ukraine's strikes against oil
12:58refineries, and that fuel crisis we mentioned earlier has come off the back of this long-range campaign.
13:03The point we're making here is that Ukraine's deep-strike approach was already lethal. Now,
13:08with Zelensky's new decree, it's going to become even more dangerous.
13:12Streamlined, efficient, and brutal on a level that Russia hasn't seen yet,
13:16that long-range campaign is set to ruin Russia beyond repair, if Putin doesn't take Zelensky's
13:22call for peace seriously. Deep strikes are becoming institutionalized within Ukraine's military.
13:28A dedicated operational branch is being set up, and that is very bad news for Putin.
13:35Do you know what else is bad news for Russia's president, as if he needed any more?
13:38The US seems to believe that Ukraine's deep-strike strategy is working.
13:44Perhaps the more cynical among you might think that Zelensky is referring to members of the
13:48Trump administration when he talks about an inner circle turning against Putin. We won't go that far,
13:53but what we will point out is that there has been a remarkable turnaround in the US approach to the
13:57Ukraine war, and it seems to be Ukraine that is getting all of the support now that it's clear
14:01that Putin isn't going to accept peace unless he is forced. For instance, US President Donald Trump was
14:07full of praise for Ukraine's long-range approach when he met Zelensky during the July NATO summit in
14:12Ankara. He called Ukraine's approach an escalation, but this escalation could bring the war to an end.
14:18Trump also used that summit to announce that he was willing to license the production of Patriot
14:22air defense missiles to Ukraine, allowing Ukraine to build its own to tackle the problem of Russia's
14:28ballistic and cruise missile attacks. That is huge. It basically amounts to the US encouraging Ukraine to
14:34keep doing what it's doing on the long-range front while also helping Ukraine take a step closer
14:39toward minimizing the impact of Russia's own long-range strategy. Putin doesn't know where to turn
14:44anymore, and for one last little dig into his side, Ukraine has also announced something else.
14:50On top of the LRGIC, Ukraine is also going to restructure the leadership and management of its
14:56existing assault forces, with the commander of the country's 8th Air Assault Corps, Brigadier General
15:01Dmitry Voloshin, seemingly having been tapped up to lead a new reaction force that will oversee this
15:06restructuring. Dubbed the Joint Rapid Reaction Forces, this new component of Ukraine's armed
15:11forces will combine existing assault, drone, and artillery units into a single force capable of
15:17rapid deployment across the front while equipped with the sort of technology that Russia simply isn't
15:21able to offer to its soldiers. This is military reform on the front to complement what Ukraine plans to
15:26do in the Russian rear, and it means that Putin's faltering forces inside Ukraine will face even
15:31bigger challenges. Rapid responses to Russian weakness will lead to territory being liberated and
15:38Russian assaults being shut down before they stop. So, what do you see from all of this? Putin's inner
15:44circle is braying for peace, albeit not in earshot of their leader, and Ukraine is more than willing to
15:49work alongside those elites to achieve that peace. Pressure is being piled on with the formation of new
15:55groups that make Ukraine's deep strike and assault units stronger than ever. And even the US is
16:00sending signals to Putin that enough is enough. Ukraine is winning. Russia can't turn this around.
16:06Back down now or the end will come for Putin sooner than he thinks. As for Putin himself, the paranoia
16:13that has always defined him as a leader is now his greatest enemy. The former KGB man has twisted and
16:19turned his way into a situation where he is running out of options. What does he do now?
16:24Escalate? Send the war he started into Europe? Putin may do that out of desperation, but he'll only
16:29be forcing an already drained Russia into a fight against NATO at a time when the US seems to be
16:35behind Ukraine, and NATO's European members are preparing for a fight. That's not a good idea.
16:41But what else does Putin have? His traditional scare tactics aren't working anymore. If anything,
16:46it's Ukraine that has the upper hand in the fear department, just as it has the upper hand on the
16:51battlefield. Putin can't force more manpower into the Ukraine war without mobilizing, and it has
16:56become impossible for Putin to conceal the fact that the war he started has come back to bite the
17:01Russian people. They feel that pain at the gas pumps and every time they see the smoke rise from yet
17:06another refinery or factory that Ukraine's drones hit. Putin has to face up to the fact that he really
17:13only has two choices remaining. Agree to peace in the Ukraine war and then try to deal with his inner
17:18circle that is sick of him, or keep pushing the fight knowing that Ukraine is getting stronger,
17:23the strikes are getting deeper, and those members of the inner circle who want peace right now may
17:27soon decide that the only way to get it is to get rid of Putin. You made your own bed,
17:32Putin. Ukraine is
17:33just making you lying. Russia's war against Ukraine has already come at a human cost so enormous that
17:40it alone has put plenty of pressure on Putin. That cost is higher than you might think. The 1.42
17:46million casualties we mentioned at just the start. What Putin has really done is create a crisis inside
17:51Russia so massive that it would take decades for any sort of recovery to happen. If you want to find
17:57out more, then check out our video where we cover the demographic crisis that looms over Russia's head.
18:02But before you do that, remember to subscribe to The Military Show to keep track of our daily
18:07videos covering the latest developments in the Ukraine war. And thank you, as always, for watching.
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