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

In a powerful new interview, national security expert Jake Broe joins Kyiv Post to analyze the escalating internal fractures threatening Vladimir Putin’s grip on power.

Broe, a former US Air Force Nuclear and Missile Operations Officer and one of the most followed commentators on the Russia–Ukraine war, outlines how economic strain, battlefield losses, and elite unrest are pushing Russia closer to collapse.

With over 600,000 subscribers on YouTube, Broe has become a trusted voice for millions seeking sharp, fact-driven analysis of the Kremlin’s military failures and the growing discontent inside Russia.

In the interview, Jake Broe unpacks the mounting pressures threatening the stability of Vladimir Putin’s regime – highlighting growing dissent among Russian elites and security forces, the crippling impact of Western sanctions on the Russian economy, and the exhaustion of military resources as Russian troops stall on the Ukrainian front.

He outlines several plausible scenarios that could lead to Putin’s downfall and reshape the outcome of the war, warning that “Russia can’t sustain this war effort forever” and that “cracks are forming that the outside world may not fully see yet – but they’re widening.”

With time against Putin’s regime, can the Kremlin still claw back control? Broe analyzes what is next.