The Mobilization Begins - Scenes Around Russia: "What Are We Going For?"
The day after President Putin's partial mobilization order - wherein at least 300,000 Russian reservists have been called up - was met Thursday with some scenes of enthusiasm in Moscow, but also many instances of frustration and confusion in various parts of the country.
"Summons delivered to eligible men at midnight. Schoolteachers pressed into handing out draft notices. Men given an hour to pack their things and appear at draft centers," The Guardian observed. "Women sobbing as they sent their husbands and sons off to fight in Russia’s war in Ukraine."
Putin's speech had cited a "threat to the territorial integrity" of Russia, but in some places sparked immediate protest by local anti-war voices who complain that the country's young men will be sent to front lines in Ukraine as "cannon fodder".
This as Russian airports continue to be packed, and tickets abroad reportedly sold out for days or even weeks, as people with means exit the country on fears of being sent to fight...
"Thousands of men across Russia were handed draft papers and NGOs helping conscripts were flooded with requests for help Thursday amid the military mobilization launched by President Vladimir Putin to provide extra manpower for the Ukraine war," The Moscow Times reports Thursday.
"One Muscovite who was detained with her husband at an anti-mobilization demonstration told The Moscow Times that male protesters were given draft papers at the police station."
Footage of men lined up on the tarmac of a military airbase, wearing civilian clothes while toting military gear bags, has emerged and was circulated on social media after being published by regional outlet Mash.
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