Key Takeaways from the ISW:
- Kremlin officials are slowly organizing a coordinated response to US President Donald Trump’s August 1 statement that the United States would redeploy two nuclear submarines closer to Russia.
- The Kremlin also responded to Trump’s August 1 announcement by trying to downplay Medvedev’s role in Russian decision-making in order to obfuscate the role Medvedev plays in Putin’s information efforts targeting the West.
- Russian authorities continue to intensify the use of bribery charges, including to scapegoat regional government officials responsible for Russia’s border defense and target defense industry officials and critical information space actors.
- Ukrainian forces recently advanced near Pokrovsk. Russian forces recently advanced near Kupyansk, Siversk, Toretsk, and Velykomykhailivka.
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Authors: Christina Harward, Daria Novikov, Olivia Gibson, Jessica Sobieski, Anna Harvey, and Karolina Hird.
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