Gunny
09-22-2022, 07:06 PM
Must be a really popular war with the Russian folk :rolleyes:
Queues have sprung up along Russia's border as men attempt to leave the country to avoid a military call-up for the war in Ukraine.President Vladimir Putin announced a partial military mobilisation on Wednesday, which could see 300,000 people summoned to serve in the war.
The Kremlin says reports of fighting-age men fleeing are exaggerated.
But on the border with Georgia, miles-long queues of vehicles have formed including men trying to escape the war.
One man, who did not want to be named, told the BBC's Rayhan Demytrie he had grabbed his passport and headed to the border, without packing anything else, immediately after President' Putin's announcement - because he fell into the group that could potentially be sent to the war.
full article: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62996212
Queues have sprung up along Russia's border as men attempt to leave the country to avoid a military call-up for the war in Ukraine.President Vladimir Putin announced a partial military mobilisation on Wednesday, which could see 300,000 people summoned to serve in the war.
The Kremlin says reports of fighting-age men fleeing are exaggerated.
But on the border with Georgia, miles-long queues of vehicles have formed including men trying to escape the war.
One man, who did not want to be named, told the BBC's Rayhan Demytrie he had grabbed his passport and headed to the border, without packing anything else, immediately after President' Putin's announcement - because he fell into the group that could potentially be sent to the war.
full article: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62996212