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

Sitrep for May 26–29:

– The AFU strikes in the area of the MiG-17 monument confirm the loss of Bakhmut;
– A Russian attack on Ukraine, involving a record amount of drones, took place on May 28;
– The Ivan Khurs returned to the port unharmed;
– Congressmen asked Biden to give Ukraine ATACMS.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-may-26-29?1

Volunteer Mobilization brief, May 28–29:

Russian draftees who refused to fight are tortured again in an illegal basement prison for refuseniks; State Duma members proposed to introduce a fine for employing without military registration documents; seven schoolchildren fainted during a ceremony dedicated to the opening of a memorial plaque.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-may-28-29

Sitrep for May 29–30:

– Both capitals were attacked by drones — Kyiv was attacked by Shahed-136/131 loitering munitions, while Moscow and its surroundings were attacked by UAVs;
– The Russian Armed Forces are replacing the Wagner Group in Bakhmut;
– Oryx has confirmed the loss of more than 2000 tanks by the Russian side.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-may-29-30

Volunteer Mobilization brief, May 29–30:

In Russia, they want to reintroduce mandatory distribution of graduates of medical universities; a State Duma member has announced a new bill providing for criminal liability for video shooting of drones; employees of the Zhilishchnik State Budgetary Institution in Moscow will be on watch around the clock to monitor the airspace.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-may-29-30