Mobilization Volunteer Summary, June 18-19:

Video shows Russian soldiers being illegally held captive in a basement; students have been evicted from their dormitory to make room for volunteer fighters headed to war; recruitment efforts in Saratov now target women.

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

Sitrep for June 19-20, 2023:

– Russian drones reach the Lviv region amidst a widespread attack;
– Russia denies the UN access to flooded areas;
– Putin’s fund supporting soldiers fighting in Ukraine plans to spend 97% of its budget on operating expenses.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-jun-19-20

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, June 19-20:

Russia increases the maximum service age limit for contract soldiers; a Russian soldier receives 1 million rubles for destroying a Leopard tank; Prigozhin is creating a “school for war correspondents” in Novosibirsk.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-jun-19-20

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, June 20-21:

Exemption from criminal liability granted to contract soldiers doesn’t cover Wagner mercenaries; commanders extort 100k rubles from soldiers to approve leaves; “basement prisons” are back in use for soldiers refusing to fight.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-jun-20-21

Sitrep for June 20-22, 2023:

– Both sides are trying to press forward on different segments of the front;
– The Armed Forces of Ukraine keep striking Russian supply lines on the Zaporizhzhia axis;
– Bridges linking the Kherson region and Crimea have been damaged.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-jun-20-22

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, June 21-22:

Shoigu reports that the RuAF do not need new volunteer fighters; the MoD says it has signed contracts with the commanders of four more volunteer units; the Russian Republic of Bashkortostan is contributing horses to the war effort.

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

Sitrep for June 22-23, 2023:

– Kadyrov’s men are “securing” the border without leaving Belgorod;
– The Wagner Group is creating its own “military police”;
– The RuAF are using their “combat experience from Syria”, directing booby-trapped vehicles at Ukrainian positions.

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

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, June 22-23:

The platform for sending requests to State Duma members has been shut down; regional authorities have stopped publishing soldiers’ obituaries; losses amount to several hundreds over the past two weeks on the Zaporizhzhia axis.

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

Sitrep for June 23-24, 2023:

– After accusing the MoD of striking a Wagner base, Prigozhin has decided to “stop the evil” and make his way to Moscow;
– Mercenaries paid a visit to the Southern Military District HQ in Rostov, downing several helicopters;
– The RuAF meanwhile continued to bomb Ukrainian civilians.

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

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, June 23-25:

Prigozhin’s armed rebellion has ended; people with medical backgrounds are being recruited for the war; Russian security forces kill two teenagers in occupied Berdiansk.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-jun-23-25

Sitrep for June 24-26, 2023:

– Wagner Group units never made it to Moscow, mutiny ends with a deal brokered by Belarus's Lukashenka;
– The Russian Aerospace Forces lost 6 aircraft and at least 13 airmen as a result of the mutiny;
– Two teenagers, the EU Parliament wanted freed, killed in Berdiansk.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-jun-24-26

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, June 25-26:

The counter-terrorism operation regime has been lifted; mobilized soldiers are sent to the frontline without ammo, water, or food; an Irkutsk cemetery has allocated a 20-ha section for soldiers killed in Ukraine.

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

Sitrep for June 26-27, 2023:

– First obituaries for pilots shot down during the mutiny have started to appear;
– Prigozhin’s plane has landed near Minsk, but his future remains uncertain;
– Swedish CV-90 IFVs have been spotted on the frontline near Bakhmut.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-jun-26-27

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, June 26-27:

The armed rebellion case against the Wagner Group has been dropped; Putin expressed his gratitude to Wagner mercenaries; Voronezh residents are left to repair homes damaged during the rebellion by themselves.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-jun-26-27

Sitrep for June 27-28, 2023:

– Russia hits Kramatorsk café with an Iskander ballistic missile, leaving at least 11 dead and over 50 injured;
– Putin admits the Wagner Group was funded by Russia;
– Rosgvardia plans to acquire tanks through state defense orders.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-jun-27-28

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, June 27-28:

Helicopter crew shot down by Wagner Group mercenaries is confirmed killed; at least 14 soldiers killed fighting in Shebekinsky district in June; Russian authorities place 1,184 Ukrainian children under “interim custody.”

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-jun-27-28

Sitrep for June 28-29, 2023:

– Rumors say gen. Surovikin’s been arrested;
– Wagner mercenaries relatives no longer getting paid;
– SBU arrests individual suspected of guiding Russian strike on Kramatorsk;
– Switzerland bans delivery of 96 Leopard 1A5 tanks to Ukraine.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-jun-28-29

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, June 28-29:

Bill introduced to State Duma exempts MoD and intelligence services from state procurement procedures; high school seniors to become motorized infantry troops in just 5 days; police resume sweeps for conscription age men.

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

Sitrep for June 29-30, 2023:

– Hanna Maliar says the AFU have retaken the initiative around Bakhmut;
– The RuAF continue to pull old T-54/55 tanks from storage;
– Russian troops have been spotted with artillery rounds bearing Chinese markings, likely from Iran.

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

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, June 29-30:

Wagner Group recruitment centers still enlist mercenaries for the war; military personnel and federal agency employees get a 10.5% pay raise; Ukraine war veterans to receive up to 10 extra points when applying to university.

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