Russian Occupation Update, November 13, 2025 (Institute for the Study of War)

Russian municipal governments continue to support programs that bring Ukrainian children to Russia for the purposes of their Russification.
The Russian federal Unified Institute of Spatial Planning (EIPP) is pursuing development projects intended to institutionalize military-patriotic education for youth in occupied Ukraine.
The Crimea occupation administration continues to privilege veterans of Russia’s war in Ukraine at the expense of ameliorating living conditions for the civilians living under occupation.
Russian occupation courts continue to levy harsh sentences against residents of occupied areas for perceived subversive activity.
A recent interview by Russian Trade and Industry Minister Anton Alikhanov emphasizes Russia’s extractive economic policies in occupied Ukraine. Russia’s economic policy in occupied Ukraine often materially worsens conditions for those actually living in occupied areas and working in relevant industries.
Russian state-owned bank Promsvyazbank (PSB) continues to spread its influence in occupied Ukraine.
Recent Russian government efforts to manage the domestic information space are likely to have disproportionately negative effects on residents of occupied Ukraine.

Russian Occupation Update, November 13, 2025 | ISW

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