Key Takeaways from the ISW: Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to militarize Russian society and to shift the responsibility for the war in Ukraine onto the Russian State Duma deputies and the Russian population. Putin continues efforts to persuade personnel mobilized in 2022 to sign contracts with the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) and continue fighting in Russia’s war against Ukraine. Putin continues to marginally increase the authorized end strength of the Russian Armed Forces as part of ongoing Russian military reforms. Ukrainian forces continued their long-range strike campaign against Russian export and oil infrastructure from July 26 to 27. Russia launched 147 drones against Ukraine overnight on July 26 to 27. Neither Russian nor Ukrainian forces made confirmed advances on July 27. JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. See the original here.