News of sending new troops to Ukraine protests across Russia, arrests at least 1300
The common people of the country protested against the announcement of sending more Russian troops to the war in Ukraine. In the meantime, the police have made extensive arrests in these protests. Reuters news.
According to a statement published on the website of the Russian human rights organization OVD-Info on Wednesday (September 21), Reuters reported that the country's security forces detained more than 1,300 people on Wednesday alone. These people have been arrested from 38 cities of the country till 7 pm on Wednesday. Of these, 1,026 people were arrested in Moscow and St. Petersburg alone. In addition, dozens of protesters were arrested in Irkutsk and other Siberian cities.
Earlier, on Wednesday morning, President Vladimir Putin ordered the call-up of 300,000 reserve troops as part of Russia's special military operation in Ukraine. Soon after, many Russian citizens decided to leave the country. Tickets for flights from Russia to foreign countries sold out quickly after Putin's announcement on Wednesday morning, according to data from the country's airports.
Incidentally, most of the posts on Russian social media after Putin's announcement showed pictures of long lines of people at border checkpoints. In fact, the most searched question on Google is 'How to leave Russia'.
