Sitrep for March 18–20:

– The situation in Bakhmut remains extremely dangerous for the AFU;
– Kramatorsk and Kostiantynivka were allegedly hit with a BM-27 Uragan MLRS;
– Prigozhin said the Wagner Group would recruit another 30,000 fighters by mid-May.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-mar-18-20

Volunteer Mobilization brief March 19–20:

Graduates when receiving diplomas are forced to sign draft notices; in Tyumen, free classes in a fitness center are held for the soldiers who returned from the “special military operation”; a mobilized man was sentenced to 5 years in prison for leaving a military unit.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-mar-19-20

Sitrep for March 20–21:

– Prigozhin asked the Russian MoD for help in the Bakhmut direction;
– Some experts note that the situation around Avdiivka is similar to the one around Bakhmut;
– EU member states agreed to supply Ukraine with 1 million 155mm artillery rounds over the next year.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-mar-20-21

Landsman with a Naval Head: Why Has Russia Mounted Anti-Aircraft Guns on MT-LBs

The recent photographs of MT-LB with naval anti-aircraft guns have so far become only a source of memes. We decided to figure out why such hybrids are made.

https://notes.citeam.org/tankenstein

From Hibernation to Humiliation? Russia Brings T-54 Tanks Out of Retirement

Tank modelers, rejoice: we have obtained exclusive photos of outdated (mid-20th century) T-54/55 tanks hauled on a train westwards from strategic storage in Russia's Far East. We assume it may indicate armor supply issues in the Russian Army

http://notes.citeam.org/t-54?s=1

Volunteer Mobilization brief March 20–21:

The Supreme Court has developed a draft resolution "On the practice of court hearings of criminal cases pertaining to offenses against military service"; recruitment campaigns with the aim of enlisting men for contract-based military service have intensified; in the Kursk region, a mobilized soldier accidentally killed a fellow soldier.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-mar-20-21

Sitrep for March 21–22:

– Massive Russian attacks on the territory of Ukraine: Kyiv region and Odesa was hit;
– No massive changes on the frontline;
– Australia started delivering 100 cardboard drones to Ukraine monthly, it can lift 3-5 kg of payload, carry it for 1-3 hours, and has a flight range of 40-120 km.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-mar-21-22

Volunteer Mobilization brief March 21–22:

The draft officer of the Zabaykalsky region called for the closure of the regional branch of the organization called Prizyva Net [No Conscription]; Mediazona published a study on how Russian soldiers are tried for AWOL.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-mar-21-22

Sitrep for March 22–23:

– 34 people, including three children injured due to the strike on Zaporizhzhia;
– Zelenskyy went to the Bakhmut direction to meet with Ukrainian soldiers;
– Video of a Ukrainian drone that lifts a 120mm mortar round weighing almost 20 kg.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-mar-22-23

Volunteer Mobilization brief March 22–23:

A working group has been created to take control of businesses when they fail to deliver state orders; in the regions, men continue to be recruited en masse for military service.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-mar-22-23

Sitrep for March 23–24:

– No significant changes in the frontline;
– Kryvyi Rih hit by Iranian-made loitering munitions;
– Medvedev recited Stalin's letter to the industrialists, hinting at the consequences for those not supporting the "special military operation."

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-mar-23-24

Volunteer Mobilization brief March 23–24:

Russia's Ministry of Labor has approved an updated list of professions for alternative civilian service; BBC and Mediazona confirmed the identities of 1617 mobilized soldiers killed in Ukraine by Mar. 24.

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

Sitrep for March 24–25:

– One of the main results – the stabilization of the frontline;
– On Mar. 24, a Russian missile hit a "point of invincibility" in Kostiantynivka;
– The head of the occupied Crimea created his paramilitary structure – the Convoy PMC.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-mar-24-25

Volunteer Mobilization brief March 24–25:

The Moscow government was tasked with finding 27,000 contract soldiers for the war; in the Rostov region, unemployed people are being called up for military service under contract; soldiers from the Storm unit have reported threats of murder.

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

Volunteer Mobilization brief March 25–26:

Servicemen locked in a basement by their commanders; fighters who escaped from the army told of mobilized soldiers being deployed as assault infantry in suicide missions; two students fainted at the opening of "Hero's desks."

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

Sitrep for March 25–27:

– Pro-Russian sources reported on the resignation of General Muradov from the post of commander of the Group of Forces “East”;
– Putin stated that Russia is building a storage facility for tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-mar-25-27

Volunteer Mobilization brief March 26–27:

The State Duma was asked to grant the right to contract soldiers and mobilized servicemen to be transferred to PMCs; relatives continue to search for mobilized soldiers after the strike on Makiivka; Russia's Supreme Court intends to stiffen penalties for crimes against military service.

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

Sitrep for March 27–28:

– On Mar. 27, Russian forces attacked Sloviansk, killing 2 and injuring 29 people;
– German Leopard 2A6 tanks arrived in Ukraine;
– Donetsk was attacked, and authorities claim the civilian building was hit, which seems unlikely.

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

Volunteer Mobilization brief March 27–28:

180 rubles for "special military operation" will be included in utility bills in Yeysk; officials will be trained in mobilization procedures; the wife of a draftee was detained carrying a parcel with grenades and rounds to Moscow.

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

Sitrep for March 28–29:

– There are still no significant changes to the frontline;
– Challenger 2 tanks arrived in Ukraine;
– Hundreds of new graves have appeared in the Bakinskaya, Krasnodar region cemetery, where mercenaries of the Wagner Group are buried.

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