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NEW: Russian forces claim to have evacuated over 4,000 Ukrainian civilians from frontline settlements in Donetsk Oblast, highlighting how wartime population displacement may facilitate Russia’s administrative and political integration of occupied populations in ways that raise concerns under international law. Other Key Takeaways: The Russian Ministry of Education announced its intent to launch a state-controlled television service in schools in occupied Ukraine in 2027. The Russian occupation leadership of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) is conducting outreach with children as young as kindergarten-aged in order to promote service in the Russian nuclear industry. The Mariupol occupation administration’s housing seizure and redistribution policy continues to disenfranchise Ukrainian residents. The Russian information space appears to have coalesced around a single narrative line intended to deflect from Russia’s responsibility for the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the occupied Oleshky area. Russia’s new three-year federal budget contains continued funding provisions for the occupation of Ukraine, signaling an overall shift in focus towards long-term occupation and integration projects.