During this reporting period, the Russian disinformation machine increased the intensity of its campaigns, focusing on undermining Ukraine's internal resilience by exploiting social fears. The primary vector was a sharp shift toward the aggressive delegitimation of state institutions, accompanied by a nearly twofold increase in predictions of an inevitable collapse of state services.
Compared to the prior period, Moscow shifted its focus from personal attacks on leadership to systemic destabilization of the home front. While direct discrediting of leaders through corruption accusations lost some weight, the aggressor's resources focused on provoking mass resistance to mobilization processes.