Russia’s Army Is Collapsing—and Putin Knows It

Ukraine now strikes inside Russia’s heartland, as Moscow purges its own generals, arms the secret police, and watches its soldiers desert and die. The Kremlin is unraveling from within.

By July 2025, for the Russian Army, the situation is disastrous. Entire brigades are surrendering or vanishing in suicidal assaults. Ammunition is running dry. Soldiers are fleeing. But the real collapse isn’t at the front—it’s in the Kremlin.

Now we see that Putin is no longer fighting Ukraine alone, his attention has turned domestic: The dictator, grip…