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Russians may still believe that the war was sparked by Kyiv or NATO, but they are certainly not accepting the bland assurances that everything is in hand.

Ukraine’s unexpected incursion into the Kursk region — and Moscow’s inability to marshal a serious response to it — has shaken public sentiment within Russia.

On August 6, the Ukrainian army started an incursion into Russia's Kursk region. The rapid start of the operation caught the Russian army unprepared.

In Kursk, civilians who have found themselves abandoned by the state are taking to online forums to voice their anger.

The advance of Ukrainian troops in the Kursk region has significantly reduced support for the war among the Russian population.

In hybrid warfare, the highly sensitive work with information and public consciousness is shaping vital decisions about the course of the war.

More than 75 per cent of respondents considered Putin to be the most reliable or a completely reliable source of information about the attack.

Despite government and independent polls in Russia showing support for Putin's war in Ukraine, war-related internet queries tell a different story.

After years of tension, the West still struggles to understand Russian views. Technological and ethnographic approaches help reveal Russian public opinion.

The more respondents disagree with the government, the less satisfied they are with their lives and the less they believe they can control their own lives.