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Showing Original Post only (View all)Long lines of traffic seen at some of Russia's land borders [View all]
Source: CNN
Social media video from Russia's land borders with several countries shows long lines of traffic trying to leave the country on the day after President Vladimir Putin announced a "partial mobilization."
There were queues at border crossings into Kazakhstan, Georgia and Mongolia. One video showed dozens of vehicles lining up at the Zemo Larsi/Verkhny Lars checkpoint on the Georgia-Russia border overnight Wednesday. That line appears to have grown longer Thursday. One video showed a long queue stretching into the mountains behind the crossing, with a man commenting that it was five to six kilometers long.
Another posted Thursday showed long lines at the Khaykhta crossing into Mongolia.
One man spoke over video recorded at the Troitsk crossing into Kazakhstan, where dozens of cars were lined up Thursday morning. "This is Troitsk, queues of trucks and passenger vehicles ... you can't see the start or the end of this queue ... everyone, everyone is fleeing Russia, all sorts."
There were queues at border crossings into Kazakhstan, Georgia and Mongolia. One video showed dozens of vehicles lining up at the Zemo Larsi/Verkhny Lars checkpoint on the Georgia-Russia border overnight Wednesday. That line appears to have grown longer Thursday. One video showed a long queue stretching into the mountains behind the crossing, with a man commenting that it was five to six kilometers long.
Another posted Thursday showed long lines at the Khaykhta crossing into Mongolia.
One man spoke over video recorded at the Troitsk crossing into Kazakhstan, where dozens of cars were lined up Thursday morning. "This is Troitsk, queues of trucks and passenger vehicles ... you can't see the start or the end of this queue ... everyone, everyone is fleeing Russia, all sorts."
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-09-22-22/h_697d283e09f508753999ebae078f4ca2
Begging the question: why are the other countries letting people in?
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Russian draft-dodging at it's best. But I don't recall traffic jams on the Canadian border during
Martin68
Sep 2022
#2
Do we have to wonder how Repughs would feel about refugees from Russia coming here?
ificandream
Sep 2022
#9
Maybe countries are letting them in because they want this war to end and hate Putin.
Lonestarblue
Sep 2022
#16
Russians don't need a travel visa to enter Georgia and those other places, can't stop them
Shanti Shanti Shanti
Sep 2022
#26