Russia Can’t Win This War: Jake Broe on Why Collapse Is Coming

 

Jake Broe to Kyiv Post: Putin’s Regime Under Growing Pressure from Within

In an exclusive interview with Kyiv Post, national security expert Jake Broe warns that battlefield losses, elite dissent, and economic sanctions are accelerating the unraveling of Vladimir Putin’s regime—and that Russia may not be able to sustain its war in Ukraine much longer.

Broe, a former U.S. Air Force Nuclear and Missile Operations Officer and one of the most prominent voices analyzing the Russia–Ukraine war, lays out how deepening internal fractures are threatening the Kremlin’s grip on power.

With a YouTube following of over 600,000, Broe has earned a reputation for delivering sharp, fact-based insights into Russia’s military struggles and the growing turmoil within its leadership.

In the interview, he details the mounting pressures: stalled offensives on the battlefield, rising discontent among Russian elites and security services, and the severe toll of Western sanctions on the country’s economy.

“Russia can’t sustain this war effort forever,” Broe warns. “Cracks are forming that the outside world may not fully see yet—but they’re widening.”

He outlines multiple scenarios that could lead to Putin’s downfall and shift the course of the war, suggesting that time is running out for the Kremlin to reassert control.

Can Putin weather the storm—or is collapse inevitable? Broe offers his expert take on what lies ahead.