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

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, June 30-July 2:

Prigozhin’s Concord holding company set to lay off thousands of employees following the termination of its contract with the MoD; Wagner Group won’t recruit mercenaries for a month; State Duma member wants a new mobilization.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-jun-30-jul-2

Sitrep for Jun. 30-Jul. 3, 2023:

– The AFU have established a bridgehead on the Dnipro’s left bank;
– Prigozhin’s companies are losing state contracts, or being shut down;
– Germany can’t agree with Poland on servicing Leopard tanks sent to Ukraine.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-jun-30-jul-3

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, July 2-3:

Draft law proposes creating the title of “Hero City of the Special Military Operation”; Pskov regional authorities abruptly cease payments to war veterans; Alabuga in Tatarstan becomes manufacturing hub for Iranian drones.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-jul-2-3

Sitrep for Jul. 3-4, 2023:

– A Shahed drone crashes into Sumy residential building during raid;
– 🇵🇱 and 🇩🇪 make progress on deal to repair 🇺🇦 Leopard tanks;
– Video shows a Patriot system that shot down RuAF helicopters and aircraft around Bryansk in May.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-jul-3-4