Tens of thousands have left the country since the mobilisation announced by Russian president Putin. Read more at straitstimes.com.
ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia - On a bright morning in Mongolia's capital Ulaanbaatar, a young Russian fleeing Moscow's first military call-up since World War II had a stark answer for why he had left:"I don't want to kill people."
The announcement sent shock waves across the vast nation and triggered an international exodus, with tens of thousands leaving the country since the mobilisation. "It was very difficult to leave everything behind - home, motherland, my relatives - but it's better than killing people," the man in his twenties told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity."I grabbed my papers and bags and ran," he said.
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