This week, Russian men went to the internet to plot their escape routes from the nation.
\nGoogle searches for “how to leave Russia” soared in the days leading up to President Vladimir Putin’s Wednesday morning proclamation, which recruite roughly 300,000 more soldiers for the Ukraine war. Putin was supposed to announce the use of military reserves Tuesday night (when the Google search soared), but the announcement was postponed until Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n
After Russia ordered its first mobilisation since World War II, one-way aircraft tickets to the few nations that allow Russians to travel without a visa skyrocketed in price and immediately sold out.
\nDefense Minister Sergei Shoigu has stated that only Russians with prior military experience will be called up, but many men in the country are concerned that their service obligation is not a “if,” but a “when.”<\/p>\n
It is Putin’s most significant step since the invasion.<\/strong><\/em> Putin stated in his announcement that he decided to bring in reinforcements due to Western aggression that “wants to destroy our country.” He also reaffirmed his support for annexing sections of Russian-occupied Ukraine and reiterated his threat to use nuclear weapons to defend his country.<\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Invasion Ukraine Russia Putin how to leave Russia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":592,"featured_media":534089,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n