Russian special services continue to recruit Ukrainian teenagers. Gamification of the process, turning tasks into challenges and pranks, helps attract children and force them to commit crimes. How does the system work? What psychological techniques do the FSB and GRU use? And why is it impossible to win this game? Here is a simplified step-by-step algorithm.Читати українською

An overview of the evolution of views on Russian strategic culture: from Jack Snyder, Colin S. Gray, and Fritz Ermarth to contemporary studies on the "besieged fortress", the imperial code, and the war for consciousness — reflective governance, semantic looting, and sharp power.Читати українською

Five graphs show four years of full-scale war: 74,768 air raid alerts, the evolution of drone and missile attacks, the effectiveness of air defense, changes in Russian military equipment losses, the pace of occupation, and estimates of Russian losses as of February 2026.The data in the graphs covers the period from February 24, 2022, to January 30, 2026.

Donetsk region. Four in the morning, and infantrymen move to their combat positions. It is −10°C outside, but according to the soldiers, the frost feels much stronger in the fields, forests, and steppes. They spend a lot of energy not on combat operations, but on fighting the cold. Texty.org.ua tells how soldiers survive in the bitter cold.Читати українською

In movies where all the benefits of civilization have disappeared, everyone is driven by their own selfishness. In reality, it's the opposite: people stick together.Russia dealt another blow to Ukraine's energy sector on December 27, just before the New Year. At that time, residents of the city of Vyshhorod in the Kyiv region were left without electricity for almost 100 hours. Olena, a resident of Vyshhorod, told Texty.org.ua about what it's like to live in winter without electricity, water, or heating.Читати українською

Chronic insomnia, anxiety, and PTSD have become common consequences of air raid alerts. We present the results of a study on civilians’ sleep during the war and the impact of cognitive therapy.

A resident of Makariv district once told Texty.org.ua about the movement of an occupying column in northern Kyiv region: "The Russians drove straight out of the forest, which used to be entirely peatlands. However, during the Soviet era, melioration efforts created a road, and that's the route they took."Читати українською

Tetiana and Oleksandr Muzyrov took in nine-year-old Oleksii in January 2023. A year earlier, on February 28, 2022, in the first days of the Russian army's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, their 26-year-old son Dmytro was killed in the village of Kyinka near Chernihiv.Читати українською

"We, Ukrainians, discovered the capabilities of FPV drones out of desperation, and this has resulted in a very effective weapon. The longer the war continues, the more we develop this area, but in doing so, we also develop the enemy, who learns from us and our mistakes. If we stop developing drones, the enemy will be ahead of us."Читати українською

Recently, the Russians' advance has accelerated, while their level of losses remains unchanged. We have analyzed how certain stages of the Russian-Ukrainian war correlate with the dynamics of territorial losses and gains, as well as the loss of armored vehicles. To do this, we used data from the DeepState and Oryx expert communities.Читати українською