Mobilization Volunteer Summary, June 27-28:

Helicopter crew shot down by Wagner Group mercenaries is confirmed killed; at least 14 soldiers killed fighting in Shebekinsky district in June; Russian authorities place 1,184 Ukrainian children under “interim custody.”

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-jun-27-28

Sitrep for June 28-29, 2023:

– Rumors say gen. Surovikin’s been arrested;
– Wagner mercenaries relatives no longer getting paid;
– SBU arrests individual suspected of guiding Russian strike on Kramatorsk;
– Switzerland bans delivery of 96 Leopard 1A5 tanks to Ukraine.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-jun-28-29

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, June 28-29:

Bill introduced to State Duma exempts MoD and intelligence services from state procurement procedures; high school seniors to become motorized infantry troops in just 5 days; police resume sweeps for conscription age men.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-jun-28-29

Sitrep for June 29-30, 2023:

– Hanna Maliar says the AFU have retaken the initiative around Bakhmut;
– The RuAF continue to pull old T-54/55 tanks from storage;
– Russian troops have been spotted with artillery rounds bearing Chinese markings, likely from Iran.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-jun-29-30

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, June 29-30:

Wagner Group recruitment centers still enlist mercenaries for the war; military personnel and federal agency employees get a 10.5% pay raise; Ukraine war veterans to receive up to 10 extra points when applying to university.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-jun-29-30

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, June 30-July 2:

Prigozhin’s Concord holding company set to lay off thousands of employees following the termination of its contract with the MoD; Wagner Group won’t recruit mercenaries for a month; State Duma member wants a new mobilization.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-jun-30-jul-2

Sitrep for Jun. 30-Jul. 3, 2023:

– The AFU have established a bridgehead on the Dnipro’s left bank;
– Prigozhin’s companies are losing state contracts, or being shut down;
– Germany can’t agree with Poland on servicing Leopard tanks sent to Ukraine.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-jun-30-jul-3

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, July 2-3:

Draft law proposes creating the title of “Hero City of the Special Military Operation”; Pskov regional authorities abruptly cease payments to war veterans; Alabuga in Tatarstan becomes manufacturing hub for Iranian drones.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-jul-2-3

Sitrep for Jul. 3-4, 2023:

– A Shahed drone crashes into Sumy residential building during raid;
– 🇵🇱 and 🇩🇪 make progress on deal to repair 🇺🇦 Leopard tanks;
– Video shows a Patriot system that shot down RuAF helicopters and aircraft around Bryansk in May.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-jul-3-4

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, July 3-4:

Prigozhin’s rebellion to cost Rostov-on-Don 92.5 million rubles ($1M); Putin proposes rerouting tourists going to Crimea through occupied territories; war veteran is contesting his own death in court.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-jul-3-4

Sitrep for Jul. 4-5, 2023:

– Ukraine has started using JDAMs;
– A Russian Iskander missile strike injures 43 people in the Kharkiv region;
– Putin suggests tourists travel to Crimea via the “land bridge”, which is under AFU fire control;
– Prigozhin gets his 10 billion rubles ($110M) back.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-jul-4-5

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, July 4-5:

Ministry of Internal Affairs will train Moscow police officers in urban warfare tactics; State Duma MP says mobilized soldiers are critically fatigued due to lack of leaves; children ride in a Russian ICBM launcher toy truck.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-jul-4-5

Sitrep for Jul. 5-6, 2023:

– A residential building destroyed in massive cruise missile attack on Lviv;
– Pro-Russian war correspondents report the RuAF continue to have ammunition shortages;
– State Duma members are highlighting the need for troop rotations.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-jul-5-6

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, July 5-6:

Belgorod territorial defense forces will be issued weapons; aid sent by volunteers is not reaching its intended recipients on the frontlines; Russia has stolen over 19,000 children from Ukraine.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-jul-5-6

Sitrep for Jul. 6-7, 2023:

– Prisoner exchange sees 47 POWs returned to Ukraine, and 45 to Russia;
– Russian draftees confirm AFU advances around Klishchiivka;
– 200 Wagner Group mercenaries spotted at a training ground in the Vitebsk region.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-jul-6-7

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, July 6-7:

The MoD has drafted a bill expanding the list of gross misconduct offenses; businesses have taken up recruiting volunteer fighters; two landing ships stand ready to transport civilian vehicles across the Kerch strait.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-jul-6-7

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, July 7-9:

The MoD wants mobilized soldiers to sign contracts; Storm Z unit members, who complained in video addresses, are being sent to the front without weapons; nearly 20,000 Russians arrested for anti-war positions over 500 days of war.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-jul-7-9

Sitrep for Jul. 7-10, 2023:

– Ukraine brings home Azov commanders [traded for Medvechuk] from Turkey;
– Ukrainians appear to be repurposing S-200 surface-to-air missiles to strike Russian territory;
– Some NATO allies condemn the delivery of cluster munitions to the AFU.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-jul-7-10

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, July 9-10:

Putin signs law simplifying the process of obtaining a residence permit for foreigners who sign contracts with the MoD; the deputy head of mobilization in Krasnodar was killed; journalists estimate Russia’s total losses could be at least 125,000.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-jul-9-10

Sitrep for Jul. 10-11, 2023:

– Investigative journalists find around 47,000 Russian men have been killed in Ukraine, based on statistical analysis of inheritance records and demographic data;
– Pro-Russian bloggers are upset Putin met with Wagner Group mercenaries on Jun. 29;
– Rheinmetall is planning to repair and manufacture armored vehicles in Ukraine.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-jul-10-11

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, July 10-11:

There are plans to merge the Voronezh and Rostov regions with the occupied “LPR” and “DPR”; at least 137 conscripts have died as a result of incidents related to the war in Ukraine; Putin to examine petition demanding mobilized soldiers serve no more than 6 months.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-jul-10-11