FILE PHOTO: Pedestrians cross a street near a board with a portrait of a Russian service member Vyacheslav Kabitskiy in Saint Petersburg, Russia September 17, 2022. REUTERS/Anton Vaganov
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Thursday said reports of an exodus of draft-age men from Russia after President Vladimir Putin's announcement of a partial mobilisation were "exaggerated".
Since President Putin declared a partial mobilisation of reservists on Wednesday, flights for the coming days from Russia to nearby countries including Armenia, Turkey, Azerbaijan and Serbia have sold out entirely. Lengthy tailbacks were reported at Russia's borders with Georgia, Finland, Kazakhstan and Mongolia.
