Mobilization Volunteer Summary, September 13-14, 2023:

Employers barred from firing widows of soldiers killed in Ukraine; state-backed media urged not to quote official denials of new mobilization; students required to buy 4,000-ruble ($41) atlas showing occupied territories as part of Russia.

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

Sitrep for Sept. 13–15, 2023:

– Ukraine scores several hits in Crimea, overwhelming SAM defenses—Minsk landing ship and Rostov-on-Don submarine both damaged;
– AFU make progress south of Bakhmut;
– Romania builds shelters against Russian Shahed drones.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-sept-13-15

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, September 14-15, 2023:

Mobilized soldiers to return home only after war ends, no rotations planned; priests to promote sober lifestyle among war widows; a third Izhevsk shopping mall to be converted into drone manufacturing plant.

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

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, September 15-17, 2023:

Three soldiers killed in grenade explosion at private residence in Voronezh region; Khanty-Mansi volunteer fighters to get 1,595,000 rubles ($16.5K) in one year; Belgorod hardware stores now sell Czech hedgehogs.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-sept-15-17

CIT has obtained exclusive photographs of the Russian submarine Rostov-on-Don, taken after she was struck at the Sevastopol Shipyard

According to our interpretation of the photos, the submarine appears to have sustained two hits. The first one damaged her bow from above, which was previously stated by experts based on satellite imagery. The second one penetrated the starboard side of the hull somewhat behind the conning tower. It is not visible on the satellite imagery.

Norwegian independent naval analyst Thord Are Iversen, to whom we provided these photos, believes that both hits pierced the pressure hull. As the result, the torpedo and crew compartments were damaged, as well as possibly the auxiliary spaces behind the latter and the batteries. The extent of the blast and the fire damage is not clear from the external photos. Full sustained damage would depend on whether the hatches between the compartments were sealed or not.

In the expert's opinion, such extensive damage surely takes the submarine out of the active service for the rest of the conflict. Although repairs are theoretically possible, they would likely require transportation of the submarine to the Admiralty Shipyards in St. Petersburg. However, repairs of this scale are most likely cost-inefficient, and it is more practical to construct a new vessel of the same class, especially as production on this project is ongoing.

Sitrep for Sept. 15–18, 2023:

– Zelenskyy congratulates soldiers on recapture of Klishchiivka;
– Two grain ships arrive in Odesa region;
– JDAM strike reportedly kills Commander of 31st Air Assault Brigade;
– Nova Kakhovka strike may be another RuAF FAB UMPK malfunction.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-sept-15-18

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, September 17-18, 2023:

Fines won’t be enforced for ignoring electronic draft notices during fall conscription; court convicts first ever woman of draft evasion; Ministry of Labor orders 230,000 “Family member of deceased soldier” certificates.

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

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, September 18-19, 2023:

MIN. of Digital Development plans for unified military register by 2025; Moscow police to identify men not enlisted in military register; ex-organized crime lieutenant becomes face of military recruitment campaign.

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

Sitrep for Sept. 18–20, 2023:

– NYT investigation into Kostiantynivka tragedy confirms missile Ukrainian origin;
– Russian Lancet drone reaches AFU airbase 70km away from the frontline;
– Grain dispute strains Ukraine relations with Poland and Slovakia.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-sept-18-20

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, September 19-20, 2023:

State Duma member suggests Russian spring conscription could follow new rules, deeming a transition to a fully professional army impractical; State Duma and Senate members prohibited from visiting occupied territories.

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

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, September 20-21, 2023:

Severely injured Russian soldiers denied medical treatment; just nine Russian fathers of three successfully challenged their mobilization orders in court; journalists review a year of mobilization in Russia.

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

Sitrep for Sept. 20–22, 2023:

– Russia resumes airstrikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure after 6 months pause;
– Ukrainian armor achieves local breakthrough of Surovikin Line near Verbove;
– Biden chooses to delay the delivery of ATACMS missiles once more.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-sept-20-22

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, September 21-22, 2023:

Russia set to increase military spending by nearly 70%; garrison military courts are being set up in occupied territories; Russian regions have purchased close to 100,000 funeral wreaths since the start of the war.

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

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, September 21-22, 2023:

Donetsk introduces curfew and military censorship; 310 partisan attacks took place in Russia since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine; alley of memory dedicated to soldiers fallen in Ukraine vandalized in Primorsky region.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-sept-22-24

Sitrep for Sept. 22–25, 2023:

– Multiple US media outlets report Ukraine will soon receive ATACMS missiles;
– RuAF launch new strikes on Odesa ports;
– AFU strike Sevastopol, prompting Kremlin-appointed governor to recommend residents duck and cover.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-sept-22-25

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, September 24-25, 2023:

Fall draft notices to be sent to up to 30,000 St. Petersburg residents; war claims 3% of male population in Murmansk region village; unemployment rates sharply decline in regions with highest war casualties.

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

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, September 25-26, 2023:

Volunteers are preparing to disperse street protests ahead of presidential elections; first Russian woman travels to Ukraine to find her POW husband; Belgorod region children taught how to behave during artillery strikes.

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

Sitrep for Sept. 25–27, 2023:

– AFU intensify pressure on Novoprokopivka-Verbove front;
– RuAF Lancet drone destroys Ukrainian Mig-29 50km away from the frontline;
– First batch of Abrams tanks arrives in Ukraine;
– Shoigu hints war will last until 2025.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-sept-25-27

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, September 26-27, 2023:

Convicts imprisoned for serious crimes increasingly seek to be sent to war; Donetsk conscripts and servicemen over 55 forced to sign contracts; disabled children tasked with making stretchers and bandages for the military.

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

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, September 27-28, 2023:

State Duma to review series of bills imposing more penalties for anti-war sentiments; civil servants to undergo training for radioactive contamination scenarios; bill proposes new restaurant tax to support the war.

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