The President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, is creating all the conditions for Ukrainians deported to Russia to erase their identity and assimilate them into Russian culture.

 This was reported by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

 The institute suggests that Russian President Putin is likely creating the conditions for the forced cultural assimilation of displaced Ukrainians in Russia in order to erase their Ukrainian cultural identity.

 On August 29, the head of the Federal Agency for Nationalities Igor Barinov spoke with Putin about the creation of "adaptation centers" for "migrants" in the Russian Federation. He said that with Putin's permission and support, the agency is working on programs in pilot regions to make sure "migrants" know and respect Russian traditions, customs and laws to prevent their "social isolation."

 ISW notes that on August 29, Ukrainian forces began striking Russian pontoon crossings across the Dnipro, coinciding with the start of a Ukrainian counteroffensive.

 Ukrainian forces had been making efforts to destroy Russian ground lines of communication for a long time prior to the announcement of the counteroffensive operation, which likely indicates that Ukrainian forces are committed to a long-term effort consisting of both strikes and ground assaults.

 The Ukrainian counter-offensive is a coordinated process that takes a certain amount of time to complete. The Kremlin is likely to use the lack of immediate capture of Kherson or the silence of the Ukrainian military on the progress of the Ukrainian counteroffensive to portray the Ukrainian effort as a failure and undermine public confidence in its prospects.

 Russian forces continue to adjust their positions in the south, likely in response to the Ukrainian counteroffensive and in preparation for broader Ukrainian counteroffensives further east.

 They continue to transfer large convoys of military equipment from Crimea and Melitopol.

 The Ukrainian counteroffensive is likely to prompt Russia to redeploy and change priorities along all lines of hostilities.

 Key conclusions of ISW analysts:

Ukrainian troops continued counteroffensive actions with ground assaults and strikes against Russian troops on the Dnipro. The AFU achieved success on the ground and began to attack pontoon crossings across the river.

 Russian President Putin appears to be creating the legal and social conditions for the forced cultural assimilation of displaced Ukrainians in Russia in order to erase their Ukrainian cultural identity.

 Russian troops launched a limited ground attack north of Kharkiv.

 The occupiers launched limited ground strikes southwest of Izyum, south of Bakhmut and near the western outskirts of the city of Donetsk.

 Russian troops launched a limited ground strike in the north of the Kherson region.

 An anonymous senior US military official said the US believed Russia was firing artillery from positions around and near the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant.

 The Russian occupation authorities continue to try to forcefully integrate schools in occupied Ukraine into the Russian education system and spread methods of social control.

 The recruitment and deployment of volunteer battalions continues in the regions of the Russian Federation.

 According to Vice Prime Minister for Reintegration Iryna Vereshchuk, in the territories temporarily occupied by Russia, about 30% of the local population does not pass the so-called filtering.

 We will remind, earlier it was reported that the Russian Federation has created at least 20 filtration camps through which residents of the occupied territories pass.