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

Volunteer Mobilization brief, May 21–22:

In the Belgorod region, a counter-terrorism regime has been introduced; residents are trying to enter a locked bomb shelter; an exhibition of visual art by propagandists has opened at the Moscow branch of the Union of Artists of Russia.

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

Sitrep for May 22–23:
– The Russian Volunteer Corps took part in a cross-border raid in the Bryansk region with the support of artillery and tanks;
– The EU confirmed the start of the training of Ukrainian pilots on F-16s;
– The Wagner Group established a medal for the “Bakhmut Meat Grinder.”

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

Volunteer Mobilization brief, May 22–23:

Servicemen cut off the little finger of a taxi driver who gave them a lift; the "counter-terrorism operation" regime has been lifted in the Belgorod region; schools will hire former war participants for the newly introduced position of a specialist in educational work.

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

Sitrep for May 23–24:
– The Pentagon is concerned about the use of US military vehicles in the raid on the Belgorod region, the latter was also attacked with drones;
– Zelenskyy visited the frontline again;
– A Wagner Group mercenary who confessed to a rape of two schoolgirls was detained.

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

Volunteer Mobilization brief, May 23–24:

The government did not support the bill on granting draft exemptions to individual entrepreneurs; MinTsifry has tightened draft exemption regulations for IT companies; two more volunteer battalions were formed in Bashkortostan.

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

Sitrep for May 24–25:

– Prigozhin announced the withdrawal of his mercenaries from Bakhmut;
– The West is displeased with the violation of the agreement not to use Western military vehicles on Russian territory;
– The Russian Defense Ministry reported that a Russian warship was attacked by Ukrainian USVs in the Black Sea.

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

Volunteer Mobilization brief, May 24–25:

Diabetes will not be included in the list of diseases that exempt from military service; another cemetery of Russian military personnel has been found in the Irkutsk region; a Russian citizen who fled from mobilization is being deported from Kazakhstan.

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

Sitrep for May 25–26:

– A new prisoner exchange initiated by the Wagner Group has taken place: 106 servicemen were returned to the Ukrainian side;
– On the night of May 26, Kyiv was attacked with cruise missiles — all the missiles were reportedly intercepted;
– On the same night, air defense was active in three Russian regions.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-may-25-26

Volunteer Mobilization brief, May 25–26:

Deaths of 2,293 mobilized soldiers have been confirmed; law enforcers broke into the homes of conscripts; graduates were given flags of the Wagner Group during a graduation ceremony.

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

Volunteer Mobilization brief, May 26–28:

Former convicts escaped from the military unit with weapons; the soldiers of the Storm unit are threatened with execution for refusing to carry out the criminal order of the commander; in Lipetsk, children who contribute to supporting war participants were rewarded.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-may-26-28