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

Sitrep for Oct. 2-4, 2023:

– Russian officials drop “red lines” rhetoric;
– Russia is building a new highway from Rostov to Mariupol;
– Putin-pardoned Wagner group members keep committing murders once back home.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-oct-2-4

Some Insights into Mobilization in Russia. Part 2.

The Conflict Intelligence Team, in collaboration with volunteers, has been releasing daily summaries since Russia launched its “partial” mobilization in September 2022. Based on the data collected over the past year, we are now unveiling a series of reports that provide more comprehensive insights into Russia’s mobilization efforts. In the first installment of this series, we examined the initial stage of the mobilization, with a focus on how mobilized soldiers were distributed across training centers. For this installment, released a year after the mobilization had been declared, we will explore its subsequent phase—the allocation of mobilized soldiers to units within the Russian Armed Forces.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-in-russia-2