CAT-UA – "Watch-cats" of social communications Researching social communications. Analyzing Russia's information warfare. Find out more: https://catuaresearch.substack.com/https://bsky.app/profile/cat-ua.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/cat-ua.bsky.social/post/3mutxb7256s2b🇺🇦 Ukraine’s Independence Day brought a rare emotional lift - but it didn’t last. By the end of the week, social media was dominated by anxiety over massive Russian strikes and fears of a possible new offensive. CAT-UA’s infowar digest 🧵👇 #RussiaUkraineWar #InformationWar #OSINT06 Sep 2026 12:04 +0000at://did:plc:emu4raqqlvvcpg7iolik5uny/app.bsky.feed.post/3mutxb7256s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/cat-ua.bsky.social/post/3mu2w2xq7hk23🇺🇦Ukraine's social media sentiment index: –27 for the week (Aug 15–21). Russian strikes dominated the feed — but so did a political storm most outsiders missed. Thread 🧵27 Aug 2026 13:06 +0000at://did:plc:emu4raqqlvvcpg7iolik5uny/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2w2xq7hk23https://bsky.app/profile/cat-ua.bsky.social/post/3msl3zkuujk2aRussian social media this week: officials insist "no mobilization needed", while recruitment ads jumped from 6.6% to 9.9% of all sampled content. The messaging shifted: from "sign before mobilization" to "sign before the war ends." 🧵 What Russians are really talking about #Russia #Ukraine08 Aug 2026 12:45 +0000at://did:plc:emu4raqqlvvcpg7iolik5uny/app.bsky.feed.post/3msl3zkuujk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/cat-ua.bsky.social/post/3msg55j5ajs22📉 Ukraine's online mood index dropped to −25 (from −20) last week as a missile flew deep into Polish airspace and Kyiv absorbed another combined strike. Our full breakdown of what drove the shift 👇 #Ukraine #RussiaUkraineWar #InfoWar06 Aug 2026 13:22 +0000at://did:plc:emu4raqqlvvcpg7iolik5uny/app.bsky.feed.post/3msg55j5ajs22https://bsky.app/profile/cat-ua.bsky.social/post/3mrubsevxok2k🎖️ New Commander-in-Chief Mykhailo Drapatyi = hope for Ukrainians, hysteria for the Kremlin. Even pro-russian blogger Yurii Podoliaka warned his own audience: take this guy seriously. That's how you know he's the right pick. #Ukraine #Drapatyi30 Jul 2026 10:57 +0000at://did:plc:emu4raqqlvvcpg7iolik5uny/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrubsevxok2khttps://bsky.app/profile/cat-ua.bsky.social/post/3mrrqu4ewb22v🔥 Russian marketplace giant Wildberries became the week's biggest morale booster. Ukrainian strikes hit WB logistics hubs near Moscow (Koledino, Podolsk, Domodedovo) + more warehouses in Krasnodar and Stavropol. "Wildberries doesn't exist anymore" — russians. #UkraineWar #StrikesRussia #AttackRussia29 Jul 2026 10:49 +0000at://did:plc:emu4raqqlvvcpg7iolik5uny/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrrqu4ewb22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/cat-ua.bsky.social/post/3mrkarmw2wk2z🚀Russian propagandists are bragging about ballistic strikes on Odesa and Kyiv, claiming Ukraine's air defense can't keep up. Meanwhile, they admit it themselves: strike intensity is up 12x since 2023. What they call victory is a war crime. #UkraineWar26 Jul 2026 11:12 +0000at://did:plc:emu4raqqlvvcpg7iolik5uny/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrkarmw2wk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/cat-ua.bsky.social/post/3mrac7a3jzk2n📊 Ukraine's war-sentiment index dropped to -20 this week (from -18), per CAT-UA's tracking of Ukrainian social media, July 11–17. Anger (31.7%) and anxiety (24.2%) dominated — driven by a political crisis, not battlefield news. 🔗 cat-ua.org #Ukraine #InfoWar #OSINT22 Jul 2026 12:11 +0000at://did:plc:emu4raqqlvvcpg7iolik5uny/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrac7a3jzk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/cat-ua.bsky.social/post/3mqm5ipchns2dAnger at Russia isn't fading in Ukraine — but this week, more of it turned inward. New CAT-UA digest (July 4–10): sentiment index steady at -18, as Ukrainians vent at their own government, Poland, and each other. 🧵 #Ukraine #Poland14 Jul 2026 11:54 +0000at://did:plc:emu4raqqlvvcpg7iolik5uny/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqm5ipchns2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/cat-ua.bsky.social/post/3mqgsik6nes2c🇷🇺 Russians are running out of gas — literally. Our latest info-war digest (June 29–July 5) tracks how Russian social media is reacting to fuel shortages, Baltic tensions, and Poland's growing rift with Ukraine. Thread 🧵 #RussiaUkraineWar12 Jul 2026 08:53 +0000at://did:plc:emu4raqqlvvcpg7iolik5uny/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqgsik6nes2chttps://bsky.app/profile/cat-ua.bsky.social/post/3mq5bx4jkvc23Sentiment Index for Ukrainians online just dropped to –18 (from –17). A week of deep strikes on Russia, Kyiv under massive attack, and a diplomatic blow-up with Poland. Thread 🧵08 Jul 2026 14:03 +0000at://did:plc:emu4raqqlvvcpg7iolik5uny/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq5bx4jkvc23https://bsky.app/profile/cat-ua.bsky.social/post/3mpleqf5dbs2j🇺🇦 Crimea is being cut off. UA strikes hit the power plant and a bridge over the Henichesk Strait this week, tightening the blockade of the occupied peninsula. Hopes grow that the Kerch Bridge could be next. What else shaped Ukrainian mood on June 20–26 #Crimea #RussiaUkraineWar01 Jul 2026 11:05 +0000at://did:plc:emu4raqqlvvcpg7iolik5uny/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpleqf5dbs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/cat-ua.bsky.social/post/3mozw6ljba52zJune 18, a UA strike hit a Moscow oil refinery - and UA social media erupted. First time positive content beat negative in a single day in recent memory Memes. Mockery. Confused Russians queuing at petrol stations. A tank lid blown clean off. #StrikeOnMoscow #UkraineWar #Nawrocki #MoscowOnFire24 Jun 2026 12:30 +0000at://did:plc:emu4raqqlvvcpg7iolik5uny/app.bsky.feed.post/3mozw6ljba52z