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

Sitrep for Sept. 27–29, 2023:

– Pro-Russian Telegram channels discuss video of artillery shells without explosives;
– Russia constructs new railway supply route to occupied territories;
– Bulgaria to supply old S-300 missiles to AFU for repairs and spare parts;
– US Congress votes new military aid for Ukraine.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-sept-27-29

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, September 28-29, 2023:

Putin signed a decree to start the fall regular conscription campaign; the former commander of the Wagner Group will be involved in forming volunteer units; draft offices are struggling with an influx of employers submitting data on their employees liable for military service.

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

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, September 29-October 1, 2023:

Conscripts given option to serve in regions bordering Ukraine; Court denies compensation to Russian National Guard soldier wounded by friendly fire; Russia cuts healthcare spending by 31 billion rubles ($315M) to fund war effort.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-sept-29-oct-1

Sitrep for Sept. 29-Oct. 2, 2023:

– Russia begins fall draft campaign;
– Russian SAMs reportedly down another RuAF jet near Tokmak;
– Hungary blackmails Ukraine blocking aid from the European Peace Fund;
– US budget disputes may impact military aid shipments to Ukraine.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-sept-29-oct-2

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, October 1-2, 2023:

Security Council of Russia wants military leaves better organized; official sacked for failing to meet contract soldier recruitment quota; authorities claim to have met with families of mobilized soldiers when it never happened.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-oct-1-2-2023

Mobilization Volunteer Summary, October 2-3, 2023:

Shoigu says there are no plans for a new wave of mobilization; number of disabled Russian men increases by 17,000 in one year; Russian Orthodox Church works on convincing children that Russia is fighting a just war.

https://notes.citeam.org/editor/mobi-oct-2-3-2023