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

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, July 28-30:

Government approves new procedure for issuing draft notices; mobilized soldiers from Irkutsk denied leave for a year; every other soldier returns from the war with either an alcohol or drug addiction.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-jul-28-30

Sitrep for July 28-31, 2023:

– Missile strike on Kryvyi Rih residential building results in at least 6 dead and 75 injured;
– RuAF capture first AFU Swedish-made CV90 IFV;
– Prigozhin suspends recruitment for the Wagner Group.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-jul-28-31

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, July 30-31:

Russia forcibly mobilized 60,000 men in occupied Ukrainian territories; students in grades 5 to 9 to undergo military training in Saratov region; 2,000 IT companies fail to secure army draft exemptions for their employees.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-jul-30-31

Sitrep for July 31-August 1, 2023:

– Death toll in Kryvyi Rih reaches 6, around 80 injured;
– Civilian deaths reported today in Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk and Kherson;
– Another kamikaze drone reaches Moscow’s CBD;
– Record number of arson attempts on draft offices in Russia.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-jul-31-aug-1