Key Takeaways from the ISW : The Kremlin continues to use long-standing false narratives that the Ukrainian government is oppressing religious liberties as a moral justification for its protracted war in Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin gave Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) Academy an honorary title celebrating the organizer of the Soviet campaign of mass arrests and executions. Ukrainian forces advanced in Sumy Oblast. Russian forces advanced in northern Kharkiv Oblast. Russia