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The kremlin Is Building a Digital Prison with the Help of a Bankrupt Monopolist

Immediate plans include gaining direct access to routers and modems in russian homes. “rostelecom” has filed an application to register the “leshy connect” software, which will allow the operator to remotely control the settings of home Wi-Fi networks.
8/27/2026
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The kremlin Is Looking for New Cannon Fodder on the Islands of Indonesia

The Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine has obtained documents on at least eight Indonesian citizens who were recruited into the ranks of the rf’s occupying army.
8/27/2026
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Preparation for a New Wave of Mobilization in Russia: Briefing by the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine and the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine

The Russian leadership is preparing a set of forceful measures to respond to the possible negative social and economic consequences of placing cities and regions under a more stringent wartime regime.
8/27/2026
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The War Devouring russians’ Wealth, While Official Statistics Pretends Everything Is Thriving

Previously, people were considered poor if their incomes fell short of the real subsistence minimum – the actual cost of food, goods, and basic services. Now, however, the authorities have tied the calculations to an artificial “poverty line” set back in 2020, which is only formally “adjusted” to match the fabricated inflation rate.
8/27/2026
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The Crisis in russia’s Agricultural Sector Has Reached the minsk Tractor Plant

The agricultural machinery market has already slumped. Last year, tractor sales in the rf fell by 37%, combine harvester sales dropped one-and-a-half times. In 2026, the problems have multiplied. The shutdown of the novorossiysk port threatens agricultural exports, while the fuel crisis and rising prices are complicating the harvest.
8/27/2026
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Our Positions in the Donetsk Region Will Be Reinforced by Two Restructured Force Groupings – Address by the President

Today, I am with our warriors who are defending our Zaporizhzhia region, defending our Donetsk region, our Dnipro region, and other very difficult sectors of the front. From last year through today, Ukrainian warriors have been conducting an important offensive operation in the Oleksandrivskyi sector – and much has been achieved.
8/27/2026
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Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

International partners will allocate approximately $10.5 million for the temporary storage of this year’s harvest from small and medium-sized agricultural producers operating in Ukraine’s frontline regions.
8/26/2026
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Recruitment for the War Against Ukraine Is Devastating the Economy of russia’s Provinces

To keep up with the recruitment pace relentlessly demanded by the kremlin “elite”, the constituent entities of the federation are forced to increase payments not only to the contract soldiers themselves but also to the intermediaries who recruit them. In the first four months of the year, the regions spent at least 3.2 billion rubles on recruiter fees – about 75% of last year’s total.
8/26/2026
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Belgium Is Reforming the State Security Service

The government explains the reorganization as a result of implementing the recommendations of the parliamentary commission investigating terrorist attacks, the integration of the National Security Agency into the VSSE, and the need to unify the status of operational personnel and analysts.
8/26/2026
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While russia’s Banks Are Downsizing Their Networks, russians Are Downsizing Their Deposits

Since the beginning of the year, 1,370 bank branches have closed in russia. If this pace continues, the number could exceed 2,000 by the end of the year. On average, banks are closing 196 branches per day – twice as many as last year. “sberbank” has closed the most branches: about 540, or nearly 40% of the total.
8/26/2026
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Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy Antonio Tajani has announced a new aid package for Ukraine. “We will continue to work to maintain maximum pressure on moscow,” he stated.
8/25/2026
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China Has Become the Main External Pillar of russia’s Economy

In 2024, trade between the two countries reached $244.8 billion. China became the largest buyer of russian oil and a key supplier of components for the military industrial complex. According to the USCC, in 2026, China accounted for about 90% of the technologies whose supply to the rf is restricted by sanctions.
8/25/2026
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russia Losing Grain Exports: the Shutdown of Ports Will Cost moscow Billions

The price decline has already spread beyond the southern regions: in the central part of the country, grain prices fell by about 8%, in the volga region – by 3%, and the cost of road transportation to deep-water ports dropped by 10.4%, to 12,000 rubles per ton.
8/25/2026
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russians Are Becoming “Unhappier” with Life in the Country with Each Passing Day

russia’s “happiness index” is plummeting. Last month, it fell by 9 points – to its lowest level since 2011. The percentage of respondents who consider themselves unequivocally “unhappy” reached 9%, which is also a sort of a record high since measurements began.
8/25/2026
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Ukraine and the World – Against russia’s Aggression. Sanctions in Action

Norway plans to provide Ukraine with an additional 85 billion Norwegian kroner ($9.2 billion) in financial support in 2027.
8/24/2026
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Address by the President on Ukraine’s Independence Day

Right now, things are really very difficult for all of us. But there is a force holding us firmly by the hand – and it’s actually not invisible at all. It is the strength of our mutual circle: support for one another, freedom from doubt about the person beside us, faith in all Ukrainians.
8/24/2026
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Dear Officers and Employees of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine!

Thirty-five years ago, our people reaffirmed their right to determine their own destiny. Since 2014, we have had to defend this right with arms in hand – first in the East, now – in a full-scale war for the very existence of the state.
8/24/2026
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The kremlin Will Force Businesses to Pay for Deteriorating Power Grids

russia’s electric power sector is entering the autumn with problems that have been accumulating for years, despite official reports of system stability. The grids are aging, emergency reserves are insufficient, and key facilities are becoming more vulnerable.
8/23/2026
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In russia, 165 Villages Disappeared from the Map in the First 8 Months of 2026

novgorod (where, according to various sources, 21 to 35 villages were wiped off the map) and kostroma (21 to 23 settlements) regions led the way in terms of the rate of depopulation and the legal dissolution of villages.
8/23/2026
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Officers of the Foreign Intelligence Service Raised the National Flag of Ukraine in Honor of the Holiday

It is under this flag that Ukrainians take their oaths, march into the future, and, for its sake, hold their ground on the front lines every day. The flag is raised – and thus, Ukraine stands, lives, and moves forward!
8/23/2026