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Wed Jul 30, 2025, 05:15 AM Wednesday

Putin's FSB Exposed: Can't Stop What's Coming - Jason Jay Smart



Putin’s most powerful security service, the FSB, has been exposed: 74 drones crippled Russia’s skies. Aeroflot collapsed. Online government services went dark. And now, Putin’s FSB struggles to respond.

This wasn’t sabotage. It was Ukraine’s invisible counteroffensive - advancing on targets Russia where it cannot retaliate.

While Moscow blamed “technical failures,” reality tells a different story:
• Aeroflot’s entire digital backbone destroyed
• FSB’s cyber division caught completely off guard
• Russian state portals offline: passports, pensions, identity, gone

Chapters:
00:00 Russia's Situation is Worsening
00:40 Aeroflot Hacked
03:40 The Kremlin is Silent - and Panic Rises
07:09 Why the Aeroflot Hack Exposes FSB's Weakness
09:45 What Ukraine Plans Next in its Counteroffensive
11:03 Russian Air Defense is Being Spread Thin
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