Mobilization Volunteer Summary, July 16-17:

The MoD is proposing to provide additional funding to draft offices; mobilized soldiers going on leave end up in Bakhmut instead; Lukashenka signs deal with Russia to establish joint military training camps.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-jul-16-17

Sitrep for Jul. 17-18, 2023:

– The Crimean bridge reopens for passenger cars despite explosion damage;
– Tourists leaving Crimea via occupied territories caught in traffic, potentially disrupting RuAF logistics;
– Wagner Group convoy arrives at Asipovichy camp.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-jul-17-18

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, July 17-18:

Putin wants students taught the "special military operation" objectives; Wagner Group mercenary arrested for murdering two fellow soldiers; Belgorod is testing blast resistant window films for schools and kindergartens.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-jul-17-18

Sitrep for Jul. 18-19, 2023:

– Odesa hit in massive Russian cruise missile and kamikaze drone attack;
– RuAF ammunition depot destroyed in Crimea;
– Team of reputable military analysts visiting Ukraine releases report highlighting problems within the AFU.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-jul-18-19

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, July 18-19:

State Duma passes law allowing transfer of armored vehicles to Russian National Guard; RuAF plan to collect DNA samples to simplify identification of deceased soldiers; Belgorod schools to introduce civil defense classes.

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

Sitrep for Jul. 19-20, 2023:

– Russian strikes damage airfield and terminal containing 60,000 tons of grain in Odesa;
– Prigozhin and Utkin join Wagner Group mercenaries in Belarus;
– Lancet drone creator son owns London flat and works for UN on disarmament.

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

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, July 19-20:

Fines for conscripts and mobilized soldiers are increasing; contract service advertising in Uzbek language appeared in Volgograd; Russian soldiers were injured by a mine previously planted by sappers from another Russian unit.

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

Sitrep for Jul. 20-21, 2023:

– The AFU has started using US cluster munitions;
– French court rules Russians refusing to fight in Ukraine have right to political asylum;
– The State Duma toughens penalties for ignoring draft notices.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-jul-20-21

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, July 20-21:

Lower conscription age limit to remain at 18, while upper limit increases to 30; a boost in Russian industrial production may trigger new wave of mobilization; Wagner Group mercenaries are selling their medals.

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

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, July 21-23:

State Duma approves amendment keeping lower conscription age limit at 18; draft offices will now be safeguarded by “Safe City” video surveillance systems; Wagner Group mercenaries aren’t receiving their wages.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-jul-21-23

Sitrep for July 21-24, 2023:

– Drone raid damages buildings close to the Ministry of Defense in Moscow;
– The RuAF continue to strike Odesa, including the UNESCO protected city center;
– Igor Strelkov has been transferred to the Lefortovo detention center.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-jul-21-24

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, July 23-24:

Authorities are collecting students’ personal data, including females, into new database; mobilized soldiers from Omsk region are waging war at their own expense; teenagers recruited en masse to manufacture drones in Tatarstan.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-jul-23-24

Sitrep for July 24-25, 2023:

– Underage students in Tatarstan enlisted to assemble kamikaze drones;
– IAEA says Russia has laid mines around the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant;
– Photos have emerged showing US supplied cluster munitions in Ukraine.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-jul-24-25

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, July 24-25:

Lawmaker says legislation raising upper conscription age limit designed for “general mobilization”; lawyers barred from representing clients at draft offices; region leaders set to form their own military companies.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-jul-24-25

Sitrep for July 25-26, 2023:

– State Duma raises upper conscription age limit from 27 to 30 years old;
– Russian MoD admits Geran-2/Shahed-136 drones originated in Iran;
– Russian Aerospace Forces keep loosing Ka-52 attack helicopters.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-jul-25-26

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, July 25-26:

Conscripts can now sign contract with MoD just one month into their service; Government approves new mobilization draft notices template; “Troubled youths” train in rifle shooting as part of rehabilitation program.

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

Sitrep for July 26-27, 2023:

– Ukrainian Air Force reports all 36 missiles intercepted in yesterday’s massive attack;
– Still no agreement amongst allies on training Ukrainian pilots on F-16s;
– US set to submit evidence of Russian war crimes to the ICC.

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

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, July 26-27:

Lawmakers required to coordinate with Shoigu to visit military units on the frontline; young war correspondent school opens for teenagers 16 and older; 113 draft offices and administrative buildings attacked since start of the war.

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

Sitrep for July 27-28, 2023:

– Ukrainian forces liberate Staromaiorske, Donetsk region;
– France uncovers illicit export of dual-use electronics to Russia and China;
– Prigozhin back in the spotlight at Russia-Africa summit.

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

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, July 27-28:

Severely wounded mobilized soldiers left to die on the battlefield; increasing numbers of arms and ammo smuggled out of the conflict zone; the Council of Mothers and Wives ceases operations following foreign agent label.

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