Mobilization Volunteer Summary, August 17-18:

War veterans and their children now can transition from paid to state-funded university education; women encouraged to join Belgorod region territorial defense units; 200 items at risk of disappearing from Russian pharmacies.

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

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, August 18-20:

Grave and especially grave crimes have risen 26.8% in Russia since start of 2023 compared to same time last year; Rostov region is forming a territorial defense unit; child injured at National Guard performance.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-aug-18-20

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, August 20-21:

Russian National Guard is recruiting for work in Donetsk region; POWs returned from Ukraine sent back to the front; Belgorod schools fortify ground floor windows with sandbags.

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

Sitrep for August 18-22, 2023:

– Russia strikes Chernihiv drama theater—7 dead, 174 injured;
– Drone destroys RuAF Tu-22M3 strategic bomber at Soltsy airbase in Novgorod region;
– Convicted murderers freed after going to war commit crimes upon returning to Russia.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-aug-18-22

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, August 21-22:

Lawyers shed light on rules regulating medical examinations; Smolensk region residents receive phone calls urging them to enlist; Perm region to exempt Ukraine war veterans from transportation tax.

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

Sitrep for August 22-23, 2023:

– Russian Aerospace Forces relocate Tu-22M3 bombers after strike on Soltsy airbase in Novgorod region;
– Ukrainian pilots start F-16 training in Denmark;
– Online obituary emerges for commander of regiment made up of mobilized soldiers.

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

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, August 22-23:

Lawyers now required to notify clients that fighting in war can clear criminal charges; former Wagner Group convict fighters suspected of murdering 12 people; 11.4B rubles ($120M) spent on children patriotic education in 2022.

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

Sitrep for August 23-24, 2023:

– Eyewitnesses report hearing several bangs before Prigozhin’s plane crash—suspicious holes visible in wreckage;
– RuAF SAM system destroyed in Crimea;
– Belgorod region drone attack kills civilians relocated from one border village to another.

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

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, August 23-24:

Pskov region plans recruiting 1,000 people for its territorial defense unit; children produced over 2 tons of military clothing over the summer break; horses sent to the front deployed in combat missions.

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

Sitrep for August 24-25, 2023:

– Western media sources differ on what caused Prigozhin’s plane crash;
– Ukraine claims spec ops unit landed in Crimea, without providing tangible evidence;
– US to start training Ukrainian pilots on F-16s in the fall.

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

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, August 24-25:

Volunteer and territorial defense forces to start swearing oaths to Russia; activists from Yakutia say new wave of mobilization will happen after September elections; 3,351 mobilized soldiers confirmed dead in Ukraine.

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

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, August 25-27:

Bill stripping draft dodgers of acquired citizenship to be introduced in State Duma; Putin orders lifting labor restrictions for minors; migrant’s Russian citizenship applications not processed unless they sign contract with MoD.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-aug-25-27

Sitrep for August 25-28, 2023:

– Having liberated Robotyne, AFU now work to secure their flanks;
– Fighter Ace “Juice” among 3 AFU pilots killed in mid-air collision over Zhytomyr region;
– German investigators say Ukraine behind Nord Stream pipelines explosions.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-aug-25-28

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, August 27-28:

Belgorod region is forming a second territorial defense unit; investigations reveal state of digitalization of draft office operations, and whom the Kremlin plans to entrust with leadership of Ukraine’s annexed regions.

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

IStories and Conflict Intelligence Team analyzed the electoral lists of the "DPR," "LPR," Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions and found Kremlin-linked officials, a mobilized soldier, and people involved in war and corruption crimes.
https://istories.media/en/stories/2023/08/28/annexed-territories-elections/

Sitrep for August 28-29, 2023:

– CIT and @istories_media looked at candidates running for “elections” in 🇺🇦 occupied territories;
– 🇩🇪 to send Leopard 1A5 tanks to 🇺🇦 in scheme involving 🇬🇷 and 🇨🇭;
– Ruslan Leviev and Michael Nacke sentenced to 11 years in absentia.

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

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, August 28-29:

“Volki PMC” is sending fighters to storm enemy positions with no training; orphans get offered housing in exchange for going to war; over 800 veterans and their children have been admitted to Saint Petersburg universities.

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

Sitrep for August 29-30, 2023:

– Two people killed in Kyiv night attack;
– Two Il-76 strategic airlifters catch fire in massive drone raid on Pskov;
– Prigozhin laid to rest in quiet ceremony without military funeral honors on the outskirts of Saint-Petersburg.

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

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, August 29-30:

Ministry of Internal Affairs devised grounds for invalidating Russian passports; teachers set up shooting range at a school; the city of Moscow to host large-scale drone manufacturing.

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

Sitrep for August 30-31, 2023:

– AFU crosses “Surovikin Line”, fighting reaches outskirts of Verbove;
– Russia positions barges along Crimea Bridge to fend off sea attacks;
– Pro-Russian Telegram channel proudly reports on RuAF war crime—the bombing of a hospital.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-aug-30-31