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September 2, 2025

Despite recruitment campaigns, Russia is finding it increasingly difficult to attract soldiers to the army. Europe should seize the opportunity.

The Hill

Russians are waking up to Putin’s Ukraine folly

Ukraine’s unexpected incursion into the Kursk region — and Moscow’s inability to marshal a serious response to it — has shaken public sentiment within Russia.

Kyiv Post

How the Kursk Region Incursion Shifted Russians' Attitudes Towards the War

On August 6, the Ukrainian army started an incursion into Russia's Kursk region. The rapid start of the operation caught the Russian army unprepared.

The Times

Kursk’s silent struggle as war hits home and Moscow looks away

In Kursk, civilians who have found themselves abandoned by the state are taking to online forums to voice their anger.

Financial Times

Russians fleeing Ukraine’s incursion say Putin has abandoned them

The advance of Ukrainian troops in the Kursk region has significantly reduced support for the war among the Russian population.

economist

How Ukraine is using AI to fight Russia

In hybrid warfare, the highly sensitive work with information and public consciousness is shaping vital decisions about the course of the war.

financial times

Russians back Vladimir Putin in blaming Ukraine for concert hall terror attack

More than 75 per cent of respondents considered Putin to be the most reliable or a completely reliable source of information about the attack.

kyiv post

Internet Searches Reveal Russians' True Views About War in Ukraine

Despite government and independent polls in Russia showing support for Putin's war in Ukraine, war-related internet queries tell a different story.

the times

What do Russians really think about the war — and what it means

After years of tension, the West still struggles to understand Russian views. Technological and ethnographic approaches help reveal Russian public opinion.

euronews

'Bursts of anxiety': Impact of Ukraine war on Russians laid bare in poll

The more respondents disagree with the government, the less satisfied they are with their lives and the less they believe they can control their own lives.

the times

Who killed Prigozhin — only 8 per cent of Russians say Putin


Most Russians agree or partly agree that Prigozhin's death signals growing elite conflict, indicating they see government involvement.

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