Sitrep for Apr 27-28:

– Another massive missile strike on Ukraine — a missile destroyed part of a residential building;
– The RuAF are gunning for Ukrainian air defense;
– The MoD continues recruiting convicts across Russia for the war in Ukraine

http://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-apr-27-28

Volunteer Mobilization brief April 27–28:

Deaths of 2001 mobilized soldiers have been confirmed; Putin instructed the Ministry of Education and Science, Ministry of Defense and Russian Academy of Sciences to submit proposals in order to organize “the historical study of the special military operation”; watch groups were created in Moscow to search for drones during the May holidays

http://notes.citeam.org/mobi-apr-27-28

Volunteer Mobilization brief April 28–30:

Russia’s Ministry of Defense published a draft amendment to the conscription regulations as a follow-up to the newly adopted law on the digitization of military service records; taxes can be increased to help the state continue financing the “special military operation"; people suffering from serious illnesses have been drafted

http://notes.citeam.org/mobi-apr-28-30

Sitrep for Apr 28 — May 1:

– The RuAF reported on the attack on a propellant depot in Pavlohrad;
– Russian propaganda tried to pass off videos from Uman as the aftermath of the shelling of Donbas by the AFU;
– Prigozhin threatens to withdraw his fighters from Bakhmut.

http://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-apr-28-may-1

Volunteer Mobilization brief April 30 — May 1:

Mobilized soldiers became subordinate to the "DPR" People's Militia; the MoD ignores requests to clarify the fate of those missing in action; the Prosecutor's Office sued a school for not instructing children how to shoot.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-apr-30-may-1

Sitrep for May 1–2:

– A child was killed by Russian air-dropped bombs in the village of Lizunivka, Chernihiv region;
– Railway partisans derailed a train in the Bryansk region;
– The explosion in Pavlohrad was caused by the detonation of composite solid propellant

http://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-may-1-2

Volunteer Mobilization brief May 1–2:

Kartapolov called for strengthening surveillance of military personnel in the “special military operation” zone; in the Bryansk region, another explosive device detonated on the rail tracks; if "Regulations on conscription" are approved, the work of draft boards will become year-round.

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

Sitrep for May 2–3:

– Another sabotage by "railway partisans" in the Bryansk region — a locomotive and 20 wagons derailed;
– In Kerch after the UAV attack, the oil depot is on fire;
– According to BBC and Mediazona, a third of Russian KIAs were not in the military before the invasion.

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

Volunteer Mobilization brief May 2–3:

State Duma is drafting a bill to restrict gender transition to fight draft dodges; organizations associated with neo-Nazis are conducting "courage lessons" for orphans; the Shaggy Regiment procession will be held in Kaliningrad in memory of killed cynologists

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

Sitrep for May 3–4:

– While the UAV attack on the Kremlin is actively discussed online, 21 people were killed in a Russian attack on a supermarket in Kherson;
– Prigozhin says that the counteroffensive of the AFU has already begun, while oil facilities continue to burn in the border regions of Russia

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

Volunteer Mobilization brief May 3–4:

Governors increase sign-up bonuses to contractors; Chechnya is excluded from the list of regions, where additional compensation are offered to military personnel; “it’s not scary to die,” told a colonel to preschoolers.

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

Sitrep for May 4–5:

– Prigozhin yells at Shoigu and Gerasimov due to a shell hunger in Bakhmut;
– Another Russian air-dropped bomb with UMPK was found in the Belgorod region;
– New details were revealed in the incident with drone attacks on the Kremlin.

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

Volunteer Mobilization brief, May 4–5:

Passport checks are being introduced for Russian citizens entering Belarus; soldiers are forced to raise money for the funeral of a fellow serviceman; relatives of mobilized soldiers signed a petition addressed to Putin demanding to establish limits for how long mobilized servicemen are to remain in Ukraine

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

Volunteer Mobilization brief May 5–7:

Draft resolution aiming to create a common register of Russians subject to military service by the end of 2023 appeared; a volunteer fighters commander got himself a “battlefield wife"; children fainted at the Immortal Regiment school rally.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-may-5-7

Sitrep for May 5–8:
– Assassination attempt on Zakhar Prilepin is fleshing out;
– Prigozhin said Surovikin would be responsible for ammunition supply to the Wagner Group;
– After arguing with journalists, the Ukrainian Air Force confirmed the interception of a Kinzhal missile.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-may-5-8

Volunteer Mobilization brief May 7–8:

Relatives of mobilized soldiers from the Moscow region struggle to get their loved ones transferred out of assault units; this year's parade in Perm will showcase the "latest developments" of local defense enterprises; a drunken man hid a grenade in the bushes.

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

Sitrep for May 8–9:
– The yesterday's night Russian attack was accompanied by air raid throughout Ukraine;
– Defense lines 25–30 km deep are being constructed by Russian forces in the Zaporizhzhia region;
– During the RuAF strike on Odesa on the night of May 8, a warehouse of the Red Cross Regional Organization was hit.

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

Volunteer Mobilization brief May 8–9:

Authorities used the Victory Day celebration sites to advertise contract military service; the number of combat veterans in Russia grew by almost 50 thousand people since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine; border guards are forced to contribute 2–3 thousand rubles from each paycheck toward the war.

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

Sitrep for May 9–10:
– Agence France-Presse reported its correspondent Arman Soldin was killed in Ukraine;
– Pentagon confirmed the interception of a Kinzhal missile by the Patriot SAM system;
– The colonel accused of war crimes during the occupation of the Kyiv region participated in the parade in Khabarovsk.

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

Volunteer Mobilization brief May 9–10:

Putin signed a decree calling up military reservists for training; over 10 draftees were wounded as a result of a drone attack; fake mobilization orders with malicious software are sent en masse by e-mail to Saint Petersburg residents.

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