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

Sitrep for May 10–11:
– A pardoned conscript, who had participated in the war, was arrested for sending threatening messages to the judge who had sentenced him;
– Russia's Ministry of Defense is unsure if it supplied the Wagner Group with ammunition;
– Conflicts within Russian forces allow the AFU to counterattack in Bakhmut.

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

Volunteer Mobilization brief May 10–11:

Russian citizens who did not serve in the army may be called for a reserve military training; restrictions can be imposed on a citizen for non-reporting to a military commissariat after a draft notice was served; residents of Buryatia have once again started receiving mobilization draft notices since April.

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

Sitrep for May 11–12:
– After local successes of the AFU near Bakhmut, war correspondents raised a panic seeing in them the counteroffensive, but soon began to take their words back;
– The Financial Times found out how Russia managed to maintain access to sanctioned goods, including components for the military and industrial complex.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-may-11-12

Volunteer Mobilization brief May 11–12:

Putin signed a decree for reducing the outflow of the Russian population abroad; first sentence was issued on the charges of government defense contract fraud; a State Duma member proposed to withhold 1% from bills in restaurants and channel the proceedings to support the families of servicemen fighting in Ukraine.

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