Sitrep for December 28–29:

– Kamikaze drone attack on the territory of Ukraine on Dec. 28th;
– A massive missile strike on Dec. 29th;
– France created a fund of 200 million euros enabling Ukraine to purchase everything it needs directly from French manufacturers.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-dec-28-29

Volunteer Mobilization brief December 28 – 29:

MoD published a draft decree on the creation of field detention facilities; Kadyrov ignored questions about the problems of volunteers of the Akhmat Battalion; draftees found themselves at the front without documents.

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

Sitrep for December 29–30:

- The AFU was able to advance from the northwestern side of Svatove.
- The AFU reports on strikes against Russian military facilities on the Zaporizhzhia axis.
– It is not unlikely that on Dec. 30, 2023 the war will continue.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-dec-29-30

Volunteer Mobilization brief December 29 – 30:

Death gratuity payments allegedly contribute to the growth of the economy in villages; three years in a penal settlement for not going to war; Vesna movement’s petition demands the release of Russians who refused to fight.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-dec-29-30

Sitrep for December 31 – January 2:

– Russian positions in Makiivka were attacked, reported number of killed mobilized soldiers varies from several dozens to hundreds;
– 22 aerial targets shot during the strike on Kyiv on 31st of Dec.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-dec-31-jan-2

Volunteer Mobilization brief December 31 – January 2:

An AFU strike by HIMARS MLRS hit a vocational school with the mobilized; 6 armed convicts who escaped from the Wagner Group’s training center are wanted in the Rostov region; soldiers were asked to chip in to procure vehicles for the battalion.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-dec-31-jan-2

Sitrep for January 2 – 3:

– Russian forces carried out a strike on Druzhkivka;
– Russian MoD statement on Makiivka: 63 killed;
– Ukrainian forces advanced in the area of the villages of Pidkuichansk and Kolomyichykha.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-jan-2-3

Sitrep for January 3 – 4:

– Russian MoD update on Makiivka - 89 people were killed;
– Fighting continues around Kupiansk, Svatove, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Kreminna;
– Ukrainian forces continue to strike Russian military targets on the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia axes.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-jan-3-4

Volunteer Mobilization brief Jan 2 – 4:

Mobilized artillerymen and driver-mechanics are reassigned to infantry; 538 draftees were killed in action as of Jan. 2; Soldiers' Widows of Russia urged Putin to conduct a large-scale mobilization and close the borders.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-jan-2-4

Sitrep for January 4 – 5:

– Ukrainian strikes on Russian military targets are reported in occupied southern regions of Ukraine;
– Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksiy Danilov suggests that Russia is preparing for an escalation in Feb. 2023.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-jan-4-5

Volunteer Mobilization brief Jan 4 – 6:

Russian authorities want to carry out "income mobilization"; first reports about draftees killed in the strike on Makiivka appeared; soldiers asked to send them gear instead of sweets and cookies.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-jan-4-6

Volunteer Mobilization brief Jan 6 – 8:

State Duma member urged the Government and the Defense Ministry to start preparing a mobilization reserve, the AFU report a strike on a base of Russian mobilized soldiers in Rubizhne, and Ukrainian intelligence named a new date of the second wave of mobilization in Russia.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-jan-6-8

Sitrep for January 5 – 9:

– Russian forces advanced toward Soledar and captured Bakhmutske;
– Witness accounts have emerged of Russia using thermite incendiary munitions in Marinka – it is a war crime;
– Military aid for Ukraine from the US and Germany.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-jan-5-9?1

Volunteer Mobilization brief Jan 8 – 9:

Mobilized soldiers from Irkutsk were sent to the front in freight-cars; a tent camp of mobilized soldiers burned down near Orenburg; confirmations of the HIMARS MLRS strike on Shakhtarsk on Dec. 31, 2022, appeared.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-jan-8-9

Sitrep for January 9 – 10:

– Pro-Russian forces are trying to cut off 2 of 3 Bakhmut's supply routes: to Siversk and Sloviansk;
– Fierce battles continue on the Donetsk axis, and neither side has progressed;
– Russian forces launched a powerful attack on Ochakiv.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-jan-9-10

Volunteer Mobilization brief Jan 9 – 10:

8 Russian mobilized soldiers were taken to Russia from a basement for refuseniks; a 122 operator confirmed that mobilization was only suspended, not completed; lists of those killed in Makiivka have been classified.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-jan-9-10

Sitrep for January 10 – 11:

– Heavy fighting on the frontline from Kreminna to Soledar, Bakhmut, Donetsk, and Marinka;
– No large-scale fighting on the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson axes;
– Due to huge losses, we believe that RU troops can't do without mobilization.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-jan-10-11

Volunteer Mobilization brief Jan 10 – 11:

Dmitry Peskov denies reports about an alleged ban on leaving Russia from Jan. 9; State Duma members consider the possibility of expanding the mobilization reserve; regional draft offices are looking to hire personnel to deliver draft notices.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-jan-10-11

Sitrep for January 11 – 12:

– Soledar was almost completely captured;
– Russian "special military operation" command structure is under reform;
– A shell hit a local perinatal center in Kherson on Jan. 11.

https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-jan-11-12

Volunteer Mobilization brief Jan 11 – 12:

Men aged 18 to 30 will be conscripted for military service in spring, Omsk University is forcing the students to report to a draft office, injured servicemen are taken back to the frontline without permission of doctors.

https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-jan-11-12