Volunteer Mobilization brief Feb 23 – 24:

The deaths of at least 15,136 Russian soldiers were confirmed by Mediazona and BBC News Russian; regional media outlets published the lists of killed residents of their specific regions; Mediazona recalls how anti-war activists protested against the war over the year.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-feb-23-24

Volunteer Mobilization brief Feb 24 – 25:

Officials in Tomsk will learn how to organize mobilization, mobilized soldiers received moldy sausage for the Feb. 23 holiday, statistics on domestic violence significantly increased after the start of the war.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-feb-24-25

Volunteer Mobilization brief Feb 25 – 26:

TV Rain found Ukrainian kids in 24 boarding schools in Russia, in 21 out of 24, they engage in “patriotic activities”: listening to the MoD Spokesman and writing to soldiers.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-feb-25-26

Sitrep for February 24– 27:

– First Leopard tanks arrived in Ukraine from Poland;
– General Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff of the RuAF, authorizes every supply of ammunition for Wagner Group;
– 2 partisans attacked Machulishchy military airfield in Belarus.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-feb-24-27?1

Volunteer Mobilization brief Feb 26 – 27:

Perm University will compile lists of students and employees who can be drafted, jobs after the mobilization of workers were filled by students in the Lipetsk region, a man returned from the war blew up a grenade in a residential building.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-feb-26-27

Sitrep for February 27– 28:

– Ukrainian forces hold positions in Bakhmut;
– In the Belgorod region, 10 billion rub (~$134 mil) was spent on defensive fortifications;
– Regional administration reported helping a mobilized man's mother fix her outdoor toilet door.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-feb-27-28

Volunteer Mobilization brief Feb 27 – 28:

An office of the Russian Post is looking for a mobilization training specialist; ​​a conscript from Crimea has committed suicide in ​​the Belgorod region; on average, soldiers disappear 60 days after being sent to the front.

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

Sitrep for February 28 – March 1:

– The situation in the Bakhmut direction remains difficult for the Ukrainian side;
– On Feb. 28, there was a mass drone attack on facilities in Russia;
– We asked ChatGPT to write heroic epos following the style of Russian MoD.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-feb-28-mar-1

Volunteer Mobilization brief February 28 – March 1:

Possible criminalization of "discrediting" of those involved in the war; 1439th regiment's mobilized sent to assault contrary to Gov. Kobzev's promise; lawyers and military analysts' opinions on vacations during the war.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-feb-28-mar-1

Sitrep for March 1 – 2:

– Operational encirclement of Bakhmut;
– Introduction of the bill on liability for discrediting the participants of the war in Ukraine;
– Photos of Russian Beriev A-50 airborne early warning and control aircraft after the attack.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-mar-1-2

Volunteer Mobilization brief March 1 – 2:

Russian courts began to grant exemptions from sentences to those wishing to fight in Ukraine; mobilized men die of a drug overdose or distract their commanders by a knife fight; a school was renamed in honor of a Wagner Group mercenary killed in the war.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-mar-1-2

Sitrep for March 2 – 3:

– Photo of blown up the bridge across a small river on the last road that could be used to leave Bakhmut;
– 2 new videos from the Machulishchy air base were published, and now Russian soldiers understand that it isn't safe to be there.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-mar-2-3

Volunteer Mobilization brief March 2 – 3:

Relatives of draftees assigned to the 1439th Regiment claim that there is nothing left of the regiment, draftees continue to complain about violence and death threats, the regular biannual conscription age could change this fall.

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

Volunteer Mobilization brief March 3 – 4:

A mobilized man who refused to storm enemy positions was locked in a basement and threatened with killing without due process of law; contract soldiers refused to fight in Ukraine “for reasons of conscience”; a family is trying to do a DNA test to identify their relative who was killed in the war.

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

Volunteer Mobilization brief March 4–5:

Mobilized soldiers are sent on assault missions every other day, a mother started looking for her son when payments stopped coming, a man turned to a psychiatrist with suicidal thoughts and was suggested to go to war in order to “bring victory closer”.

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

Sitrep for March 3–6:

– Russian forces managed to make significant progress in the Bakhmut direction;
– Beriev A-50 had arrived for repairs to the 325th Aviation Repair Plant in Taganrog;
– Russian propagandist Solovyov went to the front, where he came under a Ukrainian attack.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-mar-3-6

Volunteer Mobilization brief March 5–6:

Employees of an outpatient clinic in St. Petersburg handed out draft notices to patients; in the Kursk region, a conscript opened friendly fire; in Buryatia, there is nowhere to give funeral banquets for the killed due to staff parties ahead of the Women’s Day.

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

Sitrep for March 6–7:

– Shooting of a Ukrainian soldier, who was a prisoner, is a war crime;
– Our assumptions did not come true, and the western part of Bakhmut is still controlled by the AFU;
– The muddy season affects combat activity in the Kreminna direction.

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

Volunteer Mobilization brief March 6–7:

The Accounts Chamber found it necessary to change the legislation related to mobilization, Moscow authorities are going to spend 5.8 million rubles on performances in hospitals, Russian mobilized men are increasingly complaining about the service in "DPR" units.

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

Sitrep for March 7–8:

– We see western funds are being allocated to military projects, which shows the change in perception;
– On Mar. 7, an exchange of prisoners of war took place;
– Convicts who signed contracts with RU MoD go to the front after one week of training.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-mar-7-8