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

Volunteer Mobilization brief March 7–8:

5 kg of smokeless powder were found in the car of a draftee; the state will not withhold the wages of alimony dodgers fighting in Ukraine in favor of their children; close female relatives of draftees will receive 8-10 thousand rubles for Women’s Day.

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

Sitrep for March 8–9:

– On the morning of Mar. 9, the RuAF struck civilian targets, launching a total of 81 missiles;
– Poland and Slovakia agreed on the joint transfer of MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine;
– RU gov rejected a bill legalizing the Wagner Group.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-mar-8-9

Volunteer Mobilization brief March 8–9:

In the Vladimir region, a special catch-all military unit for “lost” war participants has been created; a hand grenade was detonated during a brawl; the Vyorstka media outlet collected all the recent appeals of mobilized servicemen.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-mar-8-9

Sitrep for March 9–10:

– Presumably, video of first known strikes with Switchblade 600 loitering munitions;
– Mobilized are often promised service in the rear but got assigned to assault infantry;
– Another group of saboteurs crossed the Russian-Ukrainian border.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-mar-9-10

Volunteer Mobilization brief March 9–10:

The Russian authorities are preparing to recruit 400,000 contract soldiers; volunteer fighters with expired contracts are returning home from the war in Ukraine without permission; a military court in Moscow will consider the first desertion case.

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

Sitrep for March 10–11:

– The main news of the past week: Bakhmut is still under the control of Ukrainian forces;
– The pro-Kremlin media outlet URА.RU reports that a large-scale information campaign is being prepared in Russia to recruit contract soldiers into the army.

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

Volunteer Mobilization brief March 10–11:

Deaths of 1456 Russian draftees are confirmed; no additional measures are planned under the “partial” mobilization campaign, BBC tells about Russian mobilized soldiers under the command of the "DPR" and "LPR".

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

Volunteer Mobilization brief March 11–12:

Russia's Ministry of Defense shows videos in which mobilized soldiers talk about a high level of training and a good attitude of commanders, while in reality they continue to complain about being transferred to assault units in the "DPR" and "LPR”.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-mar-11-12

Sitrep for March 11–13:

– Syrskyi: holding Bakhmut is necessary to buy time for the coming counter-offensive;
– Ukrainian soldiers report that RU forces are moving civilians out of occupied areas of Bakhmut;
– New Russian precision-guided munition “Grom.”

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-mar-11-13

Volunteer Mobilization brief March 12–13:

A bill to increase the conscription age was introduced in the State Duma; the directive of the General Staff on draft deferral for fathers of three or more children is advisory, not mandatory; forests were cut down in Moscow to deploy air defense.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-mar-12-13

Sitrep for March 13–14:

– In Bakhmut main urban fighting is going on in the north, in the industrial zone;
– Yet another unsuccessful attack of Switchblade 300;
– Mobilized publish so many video messages that media get confused and publish old videos as new.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-mar-13-14

Volunteer Mobilization brief March 13–14:

The State Duma has finally adopted a bill on prosecution of those “discrediting” volunteer fighters; Russian draft offices are launching a new recruitment campaign to attract volunteer fighters for the war; draft offices of the Voronezh region hand over draft notices to residents for updating data.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-mar-13-14

Volunteer Mobilization brief March 14–15:

Draft notices have begun to be distributed in many regions; Peskov says that the distribution of draft notices is a common practice; the State Duma has passed in the first reading a bill on the right of commanders to impose disciplinary arrest without a court decision.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-mar-14-15