Russia is actively conducting a discrediting operation against the Ukrainian government, trying to undermine public confidence in the government and to present Ukraine as a state that allegedly refuses to negotiate the exchange of prisoners of war.

Russia's increased domestic production of Shahed-type drones has allowed Russia to increase the number of drones it is using in strike packages launched at Ukraine, but Ukrainian electronic warfare (EW) innovations are enabling Ukrainian forces to more effectively respond to Russian strike packages,

The missile attack on the city of Dnipro by the russian Oreshnik ballistic missile and vladimir putin's statements do not indicate a change in russia's strike