Mobilization Volunteer Summary, August 30-31:

Individuals won’t be deployed for military duty while challenging conscription ruling in court; mobilized soldiers locked in cars during official visit to their unit; ex-Wagner Group members detained on suspicion of kidnapping.

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

Sitrep for Aug. 31-Sept. 1, 2023:

– New details emerge on Pskov airbase attack;
– Ukrainian saboteurs caught deep inside Russia, 60+ km from border;
– Pro-Russian blogger arrested for criticizing army;
– S-300V4 SAM systems transferred from Kuril Islands to the front.

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

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, August 31-September 1, 2023:

Lawmaker calls for increasing RuAF deployed personnel to 1M; prosecutor’s office rules removal from military register through Gosuslugi portal unlawful; patriotic education classes to be introduced for preschoolers.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-aug-31-sept-1

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, September 1-3, 2023:

Medvedev says 280,000 people have enlisted in the armed forces in 2023; Belgorod territorial defense forces employed as extras at festival; students encouraged to donate lunch money to war effort.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-sept-1-3

Sitrep for Sept. 1–4, 2023:

– Ukrainian Defense Minister Reznikov steps down;
– AFU to receive Abrams tanks and depleted uranium rounds by mid-Sept.;
– Ukrainian military intelligence reveals identity of Russian pilot who flew Mi-8 across border.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-sept-1-4

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, September 3-4, 2023:

Draft offices issue mobilization orders in Omsk region; officials unable to meet recruitment targets; conscripts end up on the frontline in Belgorod region, instead of Akhmat fighters.

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

Sitrep for Sept. 4–5, 2023:

– Putin and Kim Jong Un may meet in Vladivostok to discuss ammunition supply deal;
– Russian Volunteer Corps makes another foray into Bryansk region;
– First photo of Surovikin since Wagner rebellion emerges.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-sept-4-5

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, September 4-5, 2023:

Draft offices offer debt relief to people signing contracts with MoD; schools launch specialized classes for police, National Guard, prosecutor’s office and penitentiary service; Russia recruits Cuban citizens to fight in Ukraine.

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

Sitrep for Sept. 5–6, 2023:

– AFU launch offensive towards Novodonetske, east of Velyka Novosilka;
– First recorded use of FAB-1500 bomb with UMPK kit;
– First Challenger 2 tank destroyed in battle;
– Russian bailiffs to share debtor databases with draft offices.

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

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, September 5-6, 2023:

Russian MoD considers enrolling prisoners in military register; mobilized soldiers’ wives say recently naturalized citizens should be sent to war; Belgorod officials commission war-themed cartoon.

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

Sitrep for Sept. 6–7, 2023:

Our team has investigated the missile strike on Kostiantynivka, a town in the Donetsk region, on Sept. 6, during which 16 people were killed and 33 were injured, and determined that the missile came from the northwest.

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

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, September 6-7, 2023:

Governors seeking reelection increasingly avoid discussing the war; men in camouflage and balaclavas do ticket checks on public transport in Chelyabinsk; very few people manage to get removed from the military register online.

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

Sitrep for Sept. 7–8, 2023:

– AFU makes some progress along left bank of Dnipro in Zaporizhzhia region;
– US to supply Ukraine additional armored vehicles and cluster munitions;
– Vehicle carrying Russian security forces reportedly targeted in occupied Oleshky.

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

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, September 7-8, 2023:

Experts agree second wave of mobilization will happen sooner or later; in Cuba individuals suspected of recruiting fighters for the war in Ukraine face up to 30 years in prison; polling stations have been set up in combat zones.

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

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, September 8-10, 2023:

Russian authorities significantly increase national security spending in 2023; independent observer and electoral commission member received draft notices during elections; Russian voters use ballots to protest against war.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-sept-8-10

Sitrep for Sept. 8–11, 2023:

New details from the Kostiantynivka missile crash site firmly establish that the missile was coming from the northwest. However, there is still room for one other scenario—a Russian air-to-air missile.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-sept-8-11

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, September 10-11, 2023:

Putin signs decree granting monthly allowance to military pensioners participating in the war; National Guard recruits pardoned Wagner Group convicts; another Izhevsk shopping mall to be converted into drone manufacturing facility.

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

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, September 11-12, 2023:

Putin evades question on the likelihood of a new wave of mobilization; weapons trafficking criminal case dropped after defendant made donation to war effort; media watchdog blocks website listing killed Belgorod residents.

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

Sitrep for Sept. 11–13, 2023:

– The AFU enter Opytne, north of Donetsk Airport;
– RuAF 1430th Regiment receives five T-55A tanks;
– Podolyak presents new theory on the Kostiantynivka strike;
– Putin and Kim Jong Un meet, likely to discuss ammunition supply deal.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-sept-11-13

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, September 12-13, 2023:

MoD approves list of medical conditions disqualifying for contract service; bill on mobilized soldiers service length submitted to State Duma; study finds enlisting for the war reduces sentences 97% of the time.

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