Russia faces mounting internal pressure as Ukraine's drone campaign cuts off Crimea's fuel supply, military bloggers warn of mutiny, and Kremlin insiders are mysteriously dying — analysts now predict Putin could be toppled within three years. The destabilisation of a nuclear-armed authoritarian power with deep ties to Middle East geopolitics carries significant prophetic weight, as Scripture forewarns of the rise and fall of northern powers in the last days. Ezekiel 38-39 identifies a great northern power (widely associated with Russia) as a key actor in end-times conflict involving Israel, and internal collapse could reshape the alliances that trigger that prophesied invasion.