From: Jason Jay Smart — The Kremlin is not a government – it is a criminal syndicate led by Vladimir Putin, armed with missiles, propaganda, and nuclear weapons. Yet Western leaders continue to treat Moscow as if it were a normal state, ignoring the far darker truth. While the invaders bombard civilian homes and hospitals, Kyiv is striking back with precision. Ukraine’s long-range drones are now hitting targets deep inside Russian territory, including GPS-guided strikes launched from within the Federation itself.
These strikes are not just symbolic – they are exposing major gaps in Moscow’s air defenses, causing widespread panic, and humiliating the Russian Ministry of Defense. As Russian officials cry “terrorism,” their own military continues to erase entire towns in eastern Ukraine. The hypocrisy is total, and with each passing week, the cost for the Kremlin is mounting.
Worse still, even as it suffers these blows, the regime has revealed its most grotesque war crime yet: a public database of abducted Ukrainian children, complete with names, photos, and personality descriptions. Branded as “adoptions,” this is nothing less than state-run child trafficking. It fits a familiar pattern seen from Georgia to Crimea, from Donbas to today’s full-scale invasion – seize land, destroy infrastructure, deny everything, and never rebuild.
Now, that pattern is starting to unravel. Ukraine’s asymmetric warfare, internal sabotage, and relentless counterstrikes are bleeding the mafia state from within. This is no longer merely a war of attrition; it is the slow, visible death of a crumbling empire.
Voice of Ukraine 