Summary
Facing military collapse in Kharkiv and political pressure domestically, Putin announced a 'partial mobilisation' of 300,000 reservists — the first Russian mobilisation since World War II. Within days, hundreds of thousands of military-age men fled Russia across the borders to Finland, Georgia and Kazakhstan.
The mobilisation announcement, the scale of the call-up, and the immediate mass exodus of Russians abroad.
Accounts from Russians fleeing the mobilisation and the logistical reality of Russia's reserve system.
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