Videos posted on social media show the chaos caused by the decree for a partial mobilization to call up Russians for the war in Ukraine.
Other videos widely shared over the last couple of days have shown men giving tearful goodbyes to family members before boarding buses.
The Kremlin has said that a total of 300,000 people with military experience would be called up but reports are emerging that groups thought to be exempt,In this image taken from video, Russian draftees walk to take a bus to be sent to the military units of the Eastern Military District, in Yakutsk, Russia, on September 23, 2022. Videos on social media show some of the chaos of Russia mobilizing its population to fight in Ukraine.
63 year-old retired lieutenant colonel Alexander Yermolayev from Volgograd Region says he has been called up to fight in Ukraine He suffers from diabetes and cerebral ischaemia but said he hasn't undergone any medical checks and was passed fit to serve by a military doctor
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