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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Ryan Fahey

Russians flee being called up to Putin's army with 10 miles of queues at border

Russians waited in snaking queues at the borders of Georgia and Mongolia as they tried to dodge Vladimir Putin's mobilisation order this week.

Images from Maxar Technologies showed thousands of Russian citizens waiting in cargo trucks and cars in gridlock traffic jams meandering behind the frontier lines.

According to the intelligence company - which uses its satellites to track international developments and conflicts - the Georgia queue stretched back more than 10 miles (16km).

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