To sum this up, we can confidently say that the downtrend in the total number of vehicles displayed at the parades remains strong. At the same time, the shortage of equipment has not yet reached the level when there is literally nothing to showcase during such events. Based on this, it can be assumed that the abandonment of the tradition of displaying tracked vehicles during the Moscow parade was dictated not by their shortage — if necessary, the vehicles could be found, even in expense of parades in other cities — but mainly by political reasoning (the presence of modern armored vehicles at the 2022 parade, combined with rather modest successes at the front, had resulted in criticism from the "patriotic public").

For those who is interested in detailed analysis, here is a link to our report.

Volunteer Mobilization brief May 12–14:

Legal experts provided guidance on what constitutes draft evasion; mobilized soldiers are being hold in a basement for non-compliance with orders in the Zaporizhzhia region; mobilized men from Ulyanovsk wish to join the Wagner Group.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-may-12-14

Sitrep for May 12–15:
– The AFU strikes with Storm Shadow missiles in Luhansk;
– In the Bryansk region, the Russian Aerospace Forces continued to lose aircraft and crews;
– Prigozhin draws arrows on the map.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-may-12-15

Volunteer Mobilization brief May 14–15:

A military commissar from Karelia called for more efforts to advertise contract-based service; servicemen will face a 10 to 15-years prison sentence if they join the Wagner Group; convicts from three penal colonies have been recruited in Tyumen by the Russian Ministry of Defense.

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

Sitrep for May 15–16:
– During the attack on Kyiv the vast majority of missiles were shot down;
– Russian forces hit residential areas of Kherson with thermite incendiary munitions again;
– European countries announced new military aid packages to Ukraine and the start of training of Ukrainian pilots.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-may-15-16

Volunteer Mobilization brief, May 15–16:

Amendments to the law "On Martial Law" have been introduced to the State Duma; there is a growing trend of holding meetings "about mobilization" in the Moscow region; a mobilized soldier has been tortured and hung from a tree by fellow servicemen.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-may-15-16

Sitrep for May 16–17:
– During yesterday's missile attack on Kyiv, a Patriot air defense system was damaged;
– A combatant from the United States was killed in Bakhmut;
– In the lower reaches of the Dnipro, a flood caused by a damage to a hydroelectric dam flooded Russian trenches.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-may-16-17

Volunteer Mobilization brief, May 16–17:

A State Duma member proposed solving the problem of stray dogs by sending them to war; the Russian Supreme Court is preparing a revised guide to crimes against military service; a preschooler from Krasnoyarsk declaimed a poem praising Putin.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-may-16-17

Sitrep for May 17–18:
– As a result of the attacks on the Kherson and Odessa regions, 4 people were killed;
– The RuAF lost a number of positions in the area of Klishchiivka;
– The COVID-19 hospital in the Moscow region was repurposed to treat wounded troops, including ex-convicts from the Wagner Group.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-may-17-18

Volunteer Mobilization brief, May 17–18:

Academic leaves will be provided to students participating in the war; "special military operation" participants will have the opportunity to enroll a university without exams; four relay cabinets were set on fire on the railway tracks in Kazan.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-may-17-18

Sitrep for May 18–19:
– Despite successful local offensive operations on the flanks, the AFU continue to be pushed out from Bakhmut;
– An underestimation of the cost of US equipment will allow for additional aid to be sent to Ukraine;
– The State Duma legalizes deportations and extrajudicial detentions in the occupied territories.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-may-18-19

Volunteer Mobilization brief, May 18–19:

The deaths of 2229 mobilized men have been confirmed; the National Guard is recruiting for service in the "DPR"; since Jan. 1, 2023, more than 117,000 contractors have been admitted to the RuAF, and officials are required to personally participate in the recruitment of contractors for the war.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-may-18-19

Volunteer Mobilization brief, May 19–21:

State Duma approved the bill on amendments to the law on the procedure for departure from Russia and entry into Russia; a volunteer soldier has been detained for selling a large batch of drugs; courses for future frontline nurses are attended by the wives of the mobilized.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-may-19-21

Sitrep for May 19–22:
– Prigozhin claims the capture of Bakhmut, but Ukraine denies this;
– The US announced the supply of F-16s from allies to Ukraine and a program for retraining Ukrainian pilots on them;
– In Russia, they are again talking about the "sale" of draftees to "volunteer units."

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-may-19-22