In This Running Estimate…

• Russian domestic support for Putin and the Special Military Operation (SMO) rose slightly since September, but support for a negotiated end to the war is also at its highest level (56%).
• Systemic Russification of Ukrainian children includes forced Russian curriculum in the Temporarily Occupied Territories (TOT), patriotic-military camps in Russia and the TOT, and the deportation of Ukrainian children to the Russia and Belarus followed by their subsequent adoption by Russian families. The International Criminal Court has declared that the deportation and adoption of Ukrainian children is a war crime.