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

Sitrep for December 13 — 14

– Aftermath of the explosion on Dec. 13 in Klintsy, Bryansk region;
– Unsuccessful Russian attack attempts near Kovalivka, Makiivka and Chervonopopivka;
– Ramstein-format conference on Ukraine’s energy security in Paris.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-dec-13-14

Volunteer Mobilization brief December 13 – 14

Russian Security Service major who fled mobilization arrested in Kazakhstan; in Dagestan, the relatives of killed soldiers received cakes; in Kursk, a representative of a political party sent vodka for mobilized soldiers.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-dec-13-14

Sitrep for December 14 — 15

– On the night of Dec. 15, Donetsk was hit, 40 rockets were fired;
– 64 servicemen returned to Ukraine as a result of a prisoner exchange with Russia;
– A group of 90 Ukrainian judges will be trained in the UK to prosecute war crimes.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-dec-14-15

Volunteer Mobilization brief December 14 – 15

The Duma adopted a draft law waiving punishment for crimes committed "in Russia's interests" on the occupied territories of Ukraine; a reserve officer urged authorities to stop lying about the proper supplies for draftees.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-dec-14-15

Sitrep for December 15 — 16

– Pro-Russian sources claim that Russian troops repulsed AFU's attack near Sofiivka;
– the AFU reports on striking targets in Tokmak, Polohy, and Berdiansk;
– Rheinmetall plans to construct a new factory in Germany to produce ammunition.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-dec-15-16

Sitrep for December 16 — 17

- Report of strikes on Stakhanov (Kadiivka);
- Mercenaries of the Wagner Group in Yakovlivka;
- Russia is accumulating resources for a repeated large-scale attack.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-dec-16-17

Volunteer Mobilization brief December 15 – 16:

Central Bank of Russia has reported lack of manpower due to the mobilization; first three sentences were issued for desertion and abandoning a unit during mobilization; fathers of 1356 children have been mobilized in Karelia.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-dec-15-16

Volunteer Mobilization brief December 16 – 17:

Draft officer for the Moscow region claimed that the term of regular conscription service would be extended to 2 years for those enlisted in the fall of 2023; officials сonsider that the mobilization contributes to reducing gang violence.

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

Volunteer Mobilization brief December 17 – 18:

In 2022, Moscow courts registered a record number of lawsuits filed against draft offices; an exhibition of military equipment is being held in Moscow, however, items presented there are being massively collected in the regions as part of “volunteer initiatives”.

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

Sitrep for December 17 — 19

– On Dec. 19, at least 20 kamikaze drones attacked Kyiv, 15 were shot down;
– Ukrainian forces use М971 120mm mortar cluster munitions each containing 24 anti-tank and armor-piercing submunitions; they have never been used in this war.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-dec-17-19

Volunteer Mobilization brief December 18 – 19:

Volunteers who have signed contracts with MoD cannot break them now and are forced to continue their service; mobilized from Altai region were sent to the front line as part of a company assembled from former convicts.

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

Sitrep for December 19 – 20

– Soledar axis becoming one of the most important due to supply routes for Bakhmut;
– The Belgorod region came under fire again;
– Revisiting The New York Times's investigative report on Russia's war failures.

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