Why Losing Crimea Would Destroy Russia

As part of their ongoing counteroffensive, it is highly anticipated that Ukraine could recapture Crimea before the end of the year - a major move forward in the Ukraine war against Russia - and Putin is starting to show signs of panic. Crimean fortifications are beginning to pop up all over the peninsula, showing that Russia is afraid of losing the peninsula, along with the implications that a Ukrainian recapture of Crimea would bring. If Ukraine claimed victory in Crimea, could that spell the end of the war, or at least the end of Vladimir Putin? We'll discuss all of that, and more, including the troubled history of Crimea, and the history behind Russia's Crimean annexation, in this video. Please subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLnIL_Xw3dV-4TyKTp0LDUg?sub_confirmation=1 The Icarus Project on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheIcarusProject Merch Store: https://icarusproject.myspreadshop.com/ *Selected Sources:* Don't have time to read? Turn any source into audio with Speechify: https://speechify.com/?via=icarusproject For unbiased coverage of the Ukraine War, be sure to visit: https://ground.news/interest/ukraine-crisis?utm_source=icarusproject&utm_medium=pap-link#a_aid=icarusproject Web of trenches around Crimea + high wages to build Crimean defenses: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2023/ukraine-russia-crimea-battle-trenches/ Migrant workers underpaid to dig trenches: https://www.newsweek.com/migrants-digging-trenches-russia-mistreated-zaporizhzhia-1798090 Poor working conditions for migrant workers: https://news.yahoo.com/russia-exploits-migrant-labor-dig-184400615.html Historically high Russian troop pay: https://www.businessinsider.com/higher-troop-pay-promises-may-cause-problems-for-russian-military-2023-4#:~:text=That's%20bountiful%20compared%20to%20the,volunteer%20contract%20soldiers%20that%20year. All footage is licensed or consistently used under Fair Use doctrine. Select footage from Storyblocks, Envato Elements, Shutterstock, and Wikimedia Commons. Thumbnail Satellite image ©2022 Maxar Technologies: https://www.maxar.com/ *Some of the links and other products that appear on this video are from companies which The Icarus Project will earn an affiliate commission or referral bonus. The Icarus Project is part of an affiliate network and receives compensation for sending traffic to partner sites. The content in this video is accurate as of the posting date. Thanks for watching!