Some Russian men rushed for the exits on Thursday after President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial mobilisation, with traffic at border crossings with Finland and Georgia surging and prices for air tickets from Moscow rocketing.
TBILISI/HELSINKI (Reuters) -Some Russian men rushed for the exits on Thursday after President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial mobilisation, with traffic at border crossings with Finland and Georgia surging and prices for air tickets from Moscow rocketing.
TBILISI/HELSINKI Some Russian men rushed for the exits on Thursday after President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial mobilization, with traffic at border…
Traffic at frontier crossings from Russia intensified after President Vladimir Putin ordered a call up of reservists to fight in Ukraine, with long tailbacks at the border with Finland and Georgia.
Vladimir Putin yesterday announced that 300,000 Russians with combat experience would be drafted to fight in Ukraine, but claims have since surfaced that he is casting the net far wider.