Mobilization Volunteer Summary, June 2-4:

The MoD has proposed enrolling citizens in the military service register without requiring them to report to a draft office; foreign nationals violating migration laws are being coerced into going to war; a Moscow region resident received a notice for “mobilization training.”

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-jun-2-4

Sitrep for June 2-5, 2023:

– A strike on the Dnipro suburbs claimed the life of a two-year-old girl;
– The AFU are attempting to advance near Velyka Novosilka on the Zaporizhzhia axis;
– Wagner mercenaries released an interrogation video of a Russian colonel;
– No one came for the Russian soldiers captured by the Russian Volunteer Corps at the border.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-jun-2-5

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, June 4-5:

Conscripts are deployed to repel attacks in the Belgorod region; the LDPR party leader proposes recognizing them as combat veterans; a show trial took place in the Tula region against a conscript who went AWOL.

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

Sitrep for June 5-6, 2023:

– Kakhovka dam destruction threatens Dnipro left bank downstream;
– The “Freedom of Russia Legion” and the Russian Volunteer Corps argue about PoWs;
– The AFU advance near Velyka Novosilka;
– Prigozhin mocks Russia's MoD as it claims to repel attack.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-jun-5-6

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, June 5-6:

SMS notifications from Russia's MoD to inform citizens about receiving a draft notice; Yugra military commissariat wants women to enlist; authorities confirm death of three conscripts in the Belgorod region.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-jun-5-6

Sitrep for June 6-7, 2023:

– The blame for the Kakhovka dam breach squarely rests with Russia;
– Explosions heard by locals from ~2 a.m. were shallow-water naval mines from the reservoir;
– Ukrainian Leopard tanks shown in combat helicopter footage by Russia's MoD were in fact combine harvesters and a tractor.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-jun-6-7

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, June 6-7:

The Federation Council amends law on "Exit and Entry"; the Ministry of the Interior proposes to restrict driving rights to get better draft notice compliance; conscripts promised no deployment to occupied territories.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-jun-6-7

Sitrep for June 7-8, 2023:

– Zelenskyy admits lack of evidence for Kakhovka Dam explosion;
– Pro-Russian Telegram channels again claim the AFU started the counteroffensive;
– The Russian Volunteer Corps insists it controls Novaya Tavolzhanka, even though Gladkov went there.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-jun-7-8

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, June 7-8:

State Duma Defense Committee approves bill raising conscription age; State Duma members want criminal punishment for deploying untrained soldiers to the frontlines; textbooks will now include modules on basic military training.

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

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, June 8-9:

A State Duma member wants executions for soldiers who abandon their positions; “SMS notifications” are being sent in Saint Petersburg for data check-ups at draft offices; a conscript flees unit in the Bryansk region with an AK-47 assault rifle.

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

Sitrep for June 8-10, 2023:

– The Ukrainian counteroffensive has begun; first documented losses of Leopard tanks;
– Russian forces shell Ukrainians evacuating flooded areas in the Kherson region;
– Mines carried by flood drift from the Dnipro River to Black Sea.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-jun-8-10

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, June 9-11:

Shoigu says all Russian “volunteer units” must sign contracts with the MoD, Prigozhin refused; Medvedev’s and MoD’s data on new recruits do not match; in Chechnya, new contract soldiers’ wages raised to 700 thousand rubles.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-jun-9-11

Sitrep for June 10-12, 2023:

– The Ukrainian Armed Forces press on and liberate settlements;
– Russia’s MoD wants to bring “volunteer” armed formations under its control;
– Russian propaganda admits the Russian Armed Forces caused the Kakhovka dam catastrophe.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-jun-10-12

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, June 11-12:

The State Duma considers allowing the arrest of citizens found “violating the provisions of martial law”; Russian students will participate in Mariupol's reconstruction; the Akhmat volunteer unit has signed a contract with the MoD.

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

Sitrep for June 12-13, 2023:

– Missile hits residential building in Kryvyi Rih, as Russia continues striking Ukrainian cities;
– Major General killed in a reported strike on a RuAF headquarter;
– Belgorod region’s border to be guarded by Kadyrov’s men.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-jun-12-13

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, June 12-13:

A bill introduced in the Duma proposes exempting military personnel from criminal liability; Putin admits issuing decrees pardoning convicts fighting in Ukraine; the Akhmat battalion is tasked with protecting Belgorod.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-jun-12-13

Sitrep for June 13-14, 2023:

– Russia strikes Odesa with Kalibr cruise missiles;
– Putin meets war correspondents;
– Russia’s MoD signs contract with an unidentified volunteer assault corps;
– Prigozhin and Viktor Bout visit a weapons factory.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-jun-13-14

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, June 13-14:

The State Duma passes a bill increasing the conscription age; amendment simplifies residence permits for foreigners who sign contracts with the MoD; school students in robotics clubs build military drones.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-jun-13-14

Sitrep for June 14-15, 2023:

– Attacks on Ukrainian cities with missiles and UAVs continue unabated;
– Russia is still producing cruise missiles using Western components bypassing sanctions;
– State Duma member Adam Delimkhanov is more likely to be alive than dead.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-jun-14-15

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, June 14-15:

Draft offices now offer digital services via the Gosuslugi public services portal; “elections” will be held in Ukrainian regions under Russian occupation; a section about the war in Ukraine is being added to primary school textbooks.

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