ready to cross the border even with bicycles
Similarly, 29-year-old Alexey, who arrived in Georgia from Russia by bus on Thursday, told his roots behind his decision. Talking to CNN, he said, ‘Half of my family is Ukrainian. I am no longer included in the reserve. Putin is getting constant setbacks in the Ukraine war. He hopes that the partial deployment of reserve troops can change the course of this fight. But this announcement of the Russian President caused panic among the people. People on social media platforms are trying to figure out how to get a seat on out-of-country means, some even considering crossing the border by bicycle.
They will get exemption in deployment
Long queues of vehicles are being seen at the borders of countries with Russia. Photos of vehicles near the Russia-Kazakhstan border can be seen on the Kazakh media. People say that he is ‘stuck in a traffic jam for 10 hours’. However, Russia says some backers, IT personnel and journalists will be exempted from partial deployment against Ukraine. Russia’s defense ministry said on Friday that some employees working in critical industries would be excluded from the deployment to “ensure the functioning of Russia’s financial system”.