The photo has provoked mocking and abusive comments from many Ukrainian users
Photo purportedly showing mostly Russian youths trying to cross into Georgian territory after partial conscription was declared by Vladimir Putin posted the Ukrainian network NEXTA. The photo shows a queue of Russians at the Russian-Georgian border.
Her announcement immediate mobilization of 300,000 reservists by Putin in a televised address early this morning, sparked fears that men of fighting age will not be allowed to leave Russia.
The photo has provoked the mocking and insulting comments of many Ukrainian users who speak of “orc cowardice” as the Russians are called in Ukraine.
They pulled a prank on his son at the same time Dmitry Peskov Nikolai! The son of the press representative of the Russian president, answered a phone call from Dmitri Nizhovtsev, host of the “Popular politics” show, who introduced himself as a military commissar, saying that he should report to the conscription office.
The son of the press representative of the Russian president, refused to appear citing “certain political peculiarities”.
Non-return flights from Russia are selling out quickly, after the Russian president declared partial mobilization.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said conscription would be limited to those with experience as professional soldiers and that students and those who had only served as draftees would not be called up.
Direct flights from Moscow to Istanbul, Turkey, and Yerevan, Armenia, both visa-free destinations for Russians, were sold out on Wednesday, according to Aviasales data.
At least 1,026 people were arrested on Wednesday in Russia during protests against the partial conscription announced this morning by the president Vladimir Putin, according to a non-governmental organization.
According to OVD-Info, an organization that specializes in counting arrests, demonstrations took place in at least 36 cities in the country.
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