During this reporting period, the Russian information apparatus intensified its campaigns aimed at undermining Ukraine's internal resilience. The primary strategic vector involved predicting an inevitable collapse of state services, where real difficulties in energy and logistics are framed as signs of final disintegration. This is coupled with efforts to discredit peace initiatives by portraying diplomacy as a cynical Western ruse designed solely to gain time for rearmament.
Overall manipulation volumes rose by 24%, with a simultaneous and sharp escalation in content targeting Western audiences. Moscow is attempting to synchronize internal Ukrainian despair with external pressure, aiming to convince the world of Kyiv's growing «isolation» and «unreliability».