Photos of Russian police delivering draft notices to men in St. Petersburg. t.me/bazabazon/13889
Video of men in Moscow being detained by police for mobilization. 2/ t.me/bazabazon/13908
Baza says that the number of Russian police officers who want to quit has dropped dramatically and many former members are returning because of the risk of being mobilized. 3/ t.me/bazabazon/13914
Baza also says that attendance at strip clubs in Moscow has decreased significantly (60% in one case) since the announcement of mobilization. Many of the wealthy patrons left Russia once mobilization was announced. 4/ t.me/bazabazon/13915
Chelyabinsk Oblast’s governor’s office confirmed that five mobilized men from the region have been killed in Ukraine. I think these are the first officially confirmed deaths of mobilized reservists in Ukraine. t.me/bazabazon/13844
Video from Prigozhin’s RIA FAN showing a Russian (allegedly Wagner) MDK-3 vehicle digging a trench and Wagner engineers emplacing tank obstacles in Luhansk Oblask. t.me/riafan_everywh…
Ukrainian officials say that 43 of the 84 missiles and 13 of the 24 UAVs launched by Russia were shot down (including 9 of 12 Geran-2). This includes Kh-101 and Kh-555 cruise missiles launched by 11 Tu-95 and Tu-160 bombers, Kalibr, Iskander-M, S-300, and Tornado-S.
Matovnikov is the Deputy Commander of the Ground Forces, a career KGB/FSB Alfa officer, former commander of SSO 2015-2018 and presidential envoy to the North Caucasian Federal District. Alexey Dyumin was the commander of SSO in 2014-2015, former FSO officer and governor of Tula.
Dyumin was seen as a potential successor to Putin but not sure if that is still the case. It doesn't appear Matovnikov was successful as the presidential envoy either. Yunus-bek Yevkurov is the current Deputy Minister of Defense for combat training. 2/
Yevkurov took part in the Dash to Pristina in Kosovo in 1999 and was later the head of Ingushetia. Deputy Minister of Defense Tsalikov oversees housing, construction, and other related issues for the MoD. Unlike the other three, he doesn't have strong operational experience.