Volunteer Mobilization brief December 1 – 2

A citizen of Belarus drafted; “We came under fire from our own artillery,” the Russian soldier released from a basement in the so-called DPR; a group of mobilized soldiers from Russia abandoned near Luhansk.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-dec-1-2

Volunteer Mobilization brief December 2 – 3

Heating problems in some Russian regions due to mobilization; schoolgirls from the Kostroma region sew handkerchiefs with embroidered prayers for Russian soldiers; another riot of mobilized soldiers in Kazan.

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

Volunteer Mobilization brief December 3 – 4

Belarusians summoned to draft centers for “data check-up” reported to have found mobilization orders glued into their military ID, and the son of Alexander Litvinenko reported an attempt made to mobilize him.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-dec-3-4

Sitrep for December 2-5

– An explosion at the Engels Air Base in the Saratov region of Russia;
– Fighting continues for Opytne and Vodiane in the Bakhmut direction;
– Over the past two weeks, the city of Kherson was attacked 169 times

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

Volunteer Mobilization brief December 4 – 5

Local authorities sent letters to Moscow residents threatening criminal liability for nonappearance to draft offices; soldiers deserted because they were starving; draftees shooting at targets depicting president Zelenskyy.

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

Sitrep for December 5 – 6

– Details of Ukrainian drone attacks on the Engels and Dyagilevo Russian Air Bases on Dec. 5 have emerged;
– Active fighting is happening only along the Bakhmut axis;
– Draft offices got MoD's order to again begin intensive mobilization work.

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

Volunteer Mobilization brief December 5 – 6

Mobilization activities in the Russian Federation may resume in the coming days; In Rostov region, an unidentified man wearing camouflage and armed with a machine gun wounded a police officer and fled the scene. Reportedly, the felon in question is a deserter.

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

Sitrep for December 6 – 7

– Main news: appearance of Shahed-136 kamikaze drones on the territory of Ukraine.
– Our team continues to scrutinize photographs of impact sites in Donetsk;
– Pro-Russian forces are already slightly east of Klishchiivka.

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

Volunteer Mobilization brief December 6 – 7

Putin – “new mobilization is not needed.”; State Duma member Maksim Ivanov proposed to create a military prison for “30 year old mama's boys and spoilt brats”; a mobilized jumped out of the window from the fourth floor to to avoid being drafted.

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

Sitrep for December 7 – 8

– Putin – “special operation” could be quite lengthy;
– Volodymyr Zelenskyy – peace may come for Ukrainians as early as next year;
– On 7/12, Russian forces attacked the town of Kurakhove, 8 people killed & 5 injured. It is a war crime.

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

Volunteer Mobilization brief December 7 – 8

Russian Senator stated that Russia has no need for a presidential decree to formally end mobilization because there is no greater power than Putin’s word; Russians of draft age began to be denied work due to the mobilization.

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

Sitrep for December 8 – 9

– The situation on the Kupiansk axis continues to change. There is evidence that Ukrainian forces managed to liberate Kyslivka;
– Russian troops brought several Grad MLRS to the territory of the seized Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-dec-8-9

Volunteer Mobilization brief December 8 – 9

A member of the State Duma "the second wave of mobilization in Russia will not be required if soldiers do their job competently”; A draft office changed a draftee’s military specialty from carpenter to rifleman.

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

Sitrep for December 9 – 10

– Former Pentagon policy chief: “it is necessary "to give them [Ukraine] ATACMS and Gray Eagles, and also help them to put together a package of main battle tanks”.
– The total losses of the pro-Russian forces may exceed 110 thousand people.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-dec-9-10

Volunteer Mobilization brief December 9 – 10

The parents of a mobilized man learned about his death after receiving condolences; a military commissariat in Moscow organized a raid on military-aged men; a 12-year-old boy from the Krasnoyarsk region received a draft note.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-dec-9-10

Volunteer Mobilization brief December 10 – 11

Kursk territorial defense units plan to recruit 6000 people; 6 public baths are considered to be "strategic objects”; St. Petersburg asks citizens to give bayans, accordions and balalaikas requested by the Defense Ministry.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-dec-10-11

Sitrep for December 10 — 12

– Quiet almost on the entire frontline, except for the Svatove and Bakhmut axes where some activity continues;
– Azerbaijan has supplied Ukraine with a package of humanitarian assistance;
– Almost daily strikes on Donetsk continue.

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

Volunteer Mobilization brief December 11 – 12

PhDs got reservations from mobilization; mobilized soldiers denied justice in courts; raids in Chechnya on people who watched the conflict between traffic police and Special Unit - they are threatened to be sent to war.

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

Sitrep for December 12 — 13

– Reports about explosions in the border areas of Bryansk region;
– Road bridge blown up in Melitopol suburbs;
– Assassination attempt on V. Bulyuk, the first deputy head of the occupation administration of Kherson region.

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

Volunteer Mobilization brief December 12 – 13

"Presidential decrees cannot be issued randomly, be based on subjective opinions of individuals and implemented”; a mobilized soldier claimed journalists that he'd been buried and subjected to mock execution.

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