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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…
Click the link to access the table with full information (including the units’ numbers, the names of the commanders, places of formation, regional diversity of personnel, and known locations at the front) that we were able to gather about more than 120 new “mobilized” units known at this point. The table will be updated as the new information is obtained.
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Mobilization Volunteer Summary, October 3-4, 2023:
Conscripts finishing their service encouraged to join Moscow police special unit; VKontakte removes posts calling for mobilized soldiers to return home; at least 27 people murdered in Russia by returning war veterans.
https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-oct-3-4-2023
Conscripts finishing their service encouraged to join Moscow police special unit; VKontakte removes posts calling for mobilized soldiers to return home; at least 27 people murdered in Russia by returning war veterans.
https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-oct-3-4-2023
Teletype
Mobilization in Russia for Oct. 3-4, 2023 CIT Volunteer Summary
Following the publication by the Ministry of Defense of its plans to call up 130,000 people during the regular conscription campaign...
Mobilization Volunteer Summary, October 4-5, 2023:
At least 147 Russian soldiers on trial for committing murders outside the war zone; relatives of mobilized soldiers called for their return home in comments to Putin’s Valdai speech; an arson attack was averted at Syktyvkar airport.
https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-oct-4-5-2023
At least 147 Russian soldiers on trial for committing murders outside the war zone; relatives of mobilized soldiers called for their return home in comments to Putin’s Valdai speech; an arson attack was averted at Syktyvkar airport.
https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-oct-4-5-2023
Teletype
Mobilization in Russia for Oct. 4-5, 2023 CIT Volunteer Summary
President Putin asserted that 335,000 individuals have signed contracts with the Ministry of Defense to join the war against Ukraine...
Conflict Intelligence Team (en)
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…
Russia created a new regiment to train convicts who signed contracts with MoD—the 378th Z Assault Detachments Training Regiment. Learn more about this unit and other newly formed units in the 2nd part of our investigative series on mobilization in Russia
https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-in-russia-2
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Sitrep for Oct. 4-6, 2023:
– Russian strike on funeral wake in Hroza cafe kills over 50 people;
– Russian internet censor targets posts made by mobilized soldiers relatives;
– UN report confirms extrajudicial executions of Ukrainian POWs.
https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-oct-4-6
– Russian strike on funeral wake in Hroza cafe kills over 50 people;
– Russian internet censor targets posts made by mobilized soldiers relatives;
– UN report confirms extrajudicial executions of Ukrainian POWs.
https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-oct-4-6
Teletype
Sitrep for Oct. 4–6, 2023 (as of 8 a.m.)
On Oct. 5, Russian forces launched a missile attack on a cafe-shop in the village of Hroza, Kupiansk district, Kharkiv region. There...
Mobilization Volunteer Summary, October 5-6, 2023:
Funding for patriotic propaganda increased tenfold in 2023 compared to pre-war levels; 5 regions are pilot testing electronic draft notices; governors award honors intended for war veterans to their advisers and bloggers.
https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-oct-5-6-2023
Funding for patriotic propaganda increased tenfold in 2023 compared to pre-war levels; 5 regions are pilot testing electronic draft notices; governors award honors intended for war veterans to their advisers and bloggers.
https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-oct-5-6-2023
Teletype
Mobilization in Russia for Oct. 5-6, 2023 CIT Volunteer Summary
The Vyorstka media outlet noted that the federal budget proposal for 2024-2026 appropriates more than 40 billion rubles [$398 million]...
Mobilization Volunteer Summary, October 6-8, 2023:
Kadyrov proposed canceling the presidential elections in Russia; a disabled child was removed from a flight for war participants; wounded soldiers are left to die on the frontline.
https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-oct-6-8-2023
Kadyrov proposed canceling the presidential elections in Russia; a disabled child was removed from a flight for war participants; wounded soldiers are left to die on the frontline.
https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-oct-6-8-2023
Teletype
Mobilization in Russia for Oct. 6-8, 2023 CIT Volunteer Summary
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov suggested that Vladimir Putin should be the only candidate in the upcoming Russian presidential election...
Sitrep for Oct. 6-9, 2023:
– North Korea is increasing its cargo transportation with Russia;
– Russia appointed head of the Zaporizhzhia region intends to deprive Ukrainians who have rejected Russian passports of medical care;
– The latest Russian self-propelled howitzer was initially featured on TV but, later, in the crosshairs of a Ukrainian FPV drone.
https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-oct-6-9
– North Korea is increasing its cargo transportation with Russia;
– Russia appointed head of the Zaporizhzhia region intends to deprive Ukrainians who have rejected Russian passports of medical care;
– The latest Russian self-propelled howitzer was initially featured on TV but, later, in the crosshairs of a Ukrainian FPV drone.
https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-oct-6-9
Teletype
Sitrep for Oct. 6-9, 2023 (as of 9 a.m.)
Currently, our team is fully engaged in reporting on the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian war, and we are not in a position to offer expert...
Mobilization Volunteer Summary, October 8-9, 2023:
Former Wagner Group mercenary strangled and burned a 32-year-old woman; a man who lost his arm in the war was given a metal stick instead of a prosthetic; in 2024, 45.9 billion rubles ($459M) are planned to be spent on patriotic education for children.
https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-oct-8-9-2023
Former Wagner Group mercenary strangled and burned a 32-year-old woman; a man who lost his arm in the war was given a metal stick instead of a prosthetic; in 2024, 45.9 billion rubles ($459M) are planned to be spent on patriotic education for children.
https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-oct-8-9-2023
Teletype
Mobilization in Russia for Oct. 8-9, 2023 CIT Volunteer Summary
Following the publication by the Ministry of Defense of its plans to call up 130,000 people during the regular conscription campaign...
Mobilization Volunteer Summary, October 9-10, 2023:
Tatarstan mulls penalties for those criticizing army from abroad; teenager job vacancies surge by 454% compared to last year; relatives bury unidentified body, pretending it was a mobilized soldier to claim death gratuity.
https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-oct-9-10-2023
Tatarstan mulls penalties for those criticizing army from abroad; teenager job vacancies surge by 454% compared to last year; relatives bury unidentified body, pretending it was a mobilized soldier to claim death gratuity.
https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-oct-9-10-2023
Teletype
Mobilization in Russia for Oct. 9-10, 2023 CIT Volunteer Summary
Authorities and Legislation
Sitrep for Oct. 9-11, 2023:
– Heavy shelling rocks Avdiivka amid claims of Russian advances;
– Humanitarian crisis unfolding at Ukraine/Russia border checkpoint in the Belgorod region;
– Russian UN ambassador justifies Hroza strike with tales of “neo-Nazis.”
https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-oct-9-11
– Heavy shelling rocks Avdiivka amid claims of Russian advances;
– Humanitarian crisis unfolding at Ukraine/Russia border checkpoint in the Belgorod region;
– Russian UN ambassador justifies Hroza strike with tales of “neo-Nazis.”
https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-oct-9-11
Teletype
Sitrep for Oct. 9-11, 2023 (as of 8 a.m.)
In the early hours of Oct. 10, Avdiivka came under heavy shelling. It is worth noting that Russian forces have been attempting...
Mobilization Volunteer Summary, October 10-11, 2023:
St. Petersburg municipal services recruit volunteers for the war; playground built with death gratuity of deceased soldier in orphanage; Belgorod students required to report anti-war social media posts.
https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-oct-10-11-2023
St. Petersburg municipal services recruit volunteers for the war; playground built with death gratuity of deceased soldier in orphanage; Belgorod students required to report anti-war social media posts.
https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-oct-10-11-2023
Teletype
Mobilization in Russia for Oct. 10-11, 2023 CIT Volunteer Summary
In the State Duma [lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia], the Committee on Security and Corruption Control recommended...
Mobilization Volunteer Summary, October 11-12, 2023:
According to Medvedev, 325,000 people have joined the contract service in 2023; in the Tyumen region, women aged 18 to 50 are being recruited for the war; the budget for 2024 includes payments to the families of 100,000 deceased servicemen.
https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-oct-11-12-2023
According to Medvedev, 325,000 people have joined the contract service in 2023; in the Tyumen region, women aged 18 to 50 are being recruited for the war; the budget for 2024 includes payments to the families of 100,000 deceased servicemen.
https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-oct-11-12-2023
Teletype
Mobilization in Russia for Oct. 11-12, 2023 CIT Volunteer Summary
The State Duma [lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia] approved a bill, which would eliminate the legal requirement to notify...
Sitrep for Oct. 11-13, 2023:
– RuAF experience heavy armored vehicle losses in assault on Avdiivka;
– Two local collaborators suspected of guiding Russian strike on Hroza funeral wake;
– US announces first military aid package to Ukraine of new fiscal year.
https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-oct-11-13
– RuAF experience heavy armored vehicle losses in assault on Avdiivka;
– Two local collaborators suspected of guiding Russian strike on Hroza funeral wake;
– US announces first military aid package to Ukraine of new fiscal year.
https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-oct-11-13
Teletype
Sitrep for Oct. 11–13, 2023 (as of 8:30 a.m.)
The Russian Armed Forces continue their assault on Avdiivka, started on Oct. 10, attacking from two directions. On the northern flank...
Mobilization Volunteer Summary, October 12-13, 2023:
IT workers increasingly called up for military service despite being exempted; Belgorod region civil servants forced to join territorial defense units; man assaulted at enlistment office for refusing to sign draft notice.
https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-oct-12-13-2023
IT workers increasingly called up for military service despite being exempted; Belgorod region civil servants forced to join territorial defense units; man assaulted at enlistment office for refusing to sign draft notice.
https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-oct-12-13-2023
Teletype
Mobilization in Russia for Oct. 12–13, 2023 CIT Volunteer Summary
Cases of regular conscription of IT specialists have become more common in Russia, despite a law granting employees of accredited...
Mobilization Volunteer Summary, October 13-15, 2023:
Khanty-Mansi governor accused of “discrediting” the army; 42 mobilized soldiers from Moscow and Moscow region held in basement jail for “refuseniks”; “A Car for the Frontline Instead of a Coffee” campaign underway in Samara.
https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-oct-13-15-2023
Khanty-Mansi governor accused of “discrediting” the army; 42 mobilized soldiers from Moscow and Moscow region held in basement jail for “refuseniks”; “A Car for the Frontline Instead of a Coffee” campaign underway in Samara.
https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-oct-13-15-2023
Teletype
Mobilization in Russia for Oct. 13-15, 2023 CIT Volunteer Summary
On Oct. 14, Natalya Komarova, Governor of the Khanty-Mansi autonomous region—Yugra [Russia\'s federal subject], met with residents of the...
Sitrep for Oct. 13-16, 2023:
– RuAF persist with ineffective assaults on Avdiivka;
– Russian Navy ship possibly hit by Ukrainian underwater drone in Sevastopol;
– Russian Air Force inadvertently drops yet another bomb over Ukrainian occupied territory.
https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-oct-13-16-2023
– RuAF persist with ineffective assaults on Avdiivka;
– Russian Navy ship possibly hit by Ukrainian underwater drone in Sevastopol;
– Russian Air Force inadvertently drops yet another bomb over Ukrainian occupied territory.
https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-oct-13-16-2023
Teletype
Sitrep for Oct. 13-16, 2023 (as of 8:30 a.m.)
Over the weekend, Russian forces continued striking targets around Avdiivka. For the first time in a long while, thermite incendiary...
Mobilization Volunteer Summary, October 15-16, 2023:
Over 15 Russian officials have gone to war to evade criminal prosecution; mobilized soldiers relatives are asking people to write Putin letters to bring their kin home; Tambov bread factory set to manufacture drones.
https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-oct-15-16-2023
Over 15 Russian officials have gone to war to evade criminal prosecution; mobilized soldiers relatives are asking people to write Putin letters to bring their kin home; Tambov bread factory set to manufacture drones.
https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-oct-15-16-2023
Teletype
Mobilization in Russia for Oct. 15-16, 2023 CIT Volunteer Summary
Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov argued that the primary focus of the Russian budget is social, not military. Speaking at a meeting...
Mobilization Volunteer Summary, October 16-17, 2023:
Defense contractors authorized to use “all reserves, including mobilization capacities”; 54% of Ukraine war veterans with a combat-related disability have an amputated limb; 9th grader detained for assembling incendiary device in tuberculosis sanatorium.
https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-oct-16-17-2023
Defense contractors authorized to use “all reserves, including mobilization capacities”; 54% of Ukraine war veterans with a combat-related disability have an amputated limb; 9th grader detained for assembling incendiary device in tuberculosis sanatorium.
https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-oct-16-17-2023
Teletype
Mobilization in Russia for Oct. 16-17, 2023 CIT Volunteer Summary
The State Duma [lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia] voted to allow Rosgvardia [the National Guard of Russia] to muster...