Ben Hodges - The Kremlin’s Authority Is Crumbling—and the Battlefield Proves It

Описание: Something critical is breaking inside Russia’s war narrative, and the signs are impossible to ignore. From a panicked show of force in the Baltic to brutal battlefield reality near Pokrovsk, Moscow’s image of control is rapidly unraveling. What looked like authority was exposed as fear, and what was declared victory has turned into a grinding catastrophe.

As Russian leadership rushed to defend assets it officially disowns, the contradiction became obvious. Deterrence failed. Credibility cracked. When a smaller NATO state enforced the rules, Moscow didn’t respond with law or confidence—it responded with theater. That reaction alone revealed how fragile Russia’s position has become.

Nowhere is this collapse more visible than in Pokrovsk. A city Russia publicly claimed was “liberated” has instead become a relentless drain on manpower, equipment, and morale. Precision strikes, coordinated drone warfare, and calculated artillery traps have turned repeated Russian assaults into disasters. HIMARS strikes, destroyed supply routes, and failed night attacks are exposing the gap between Kremlin propaganda and battlefield reality.

Russian forces continue to push forward based on fiction, walking straight into kill zones built on patience, intelligence, and modern warfare. Every false claim deepens the damage. Every exposed lie accelerates the loss of leverage Moscow desperately needs for negotiations.

This is no longer just a military failure. It is a credibility collapse. Pokrovsk still stands—and as long as it does, Russia’s myth of control keeps bleeding out in full view of the world.


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