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The Russian people are fleeing their nation in large numbers after President Vladimir Putin declared “partial mobilisation,” which entails calling up thousands of military reserves for active duty in the current conflict. Ukraine’s defence ministry tweeted a recommendation for the Russian people.
According to a tweet posted by Defense of Ukraine on Thursday, “Russians are now aggressively Googling how to escape mobilisation and stay alive,” adding that “They would have been better off Googling directions for building Molotov cocktails when there was still time.” When the Russian invasion started seven months ago, Molotov cocktails—homemade “petrol bombs”—were a symbol of the popular Ukrainians’ resistance.
The post made reference to rumours that on Tuesday night, just before President Putin was set to address the nation, the number of Russians searching on Google for “How to leave Russia” increased significantly.
The President’s speech stoked concerns that martial law may be enacted and males of fighting age would not be permitted to leave Russia, and one-way airline tickets out of Russia also quickly sold out. People with visas trying to cross the border with Finland encountered lengthy traffic bottlenecks.
The mobilisation, which is Russia’s first such step since the Nazi invasion of World War 2, is ostensibly in response to the recent Ukrainian offensive that drove Russian forces and the militias it supports from many areas. It will recruit more than 3 lakh reservists over the course of months since it is currently officially characterised as “partial.” There are reportedly 2.5 crore reserve soldiers in Russia.
The country’s legislators passed laws for “martial law” and “mobilisation” in the interim, which is likely what caused the spike in searches on Google, the second-most popular search engine in Russia behind Yandex. President Putin was scheduled to deliver his speech on Tuesday night, but he moved it to Wednesday morning.
In a tweet, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry also made fun of this, writing: “The Russians were granted 12 hours of rest so Google could answer all the questions, including the topic of what the typical life expectancy of a Russian soldier in Ukraine is.”
According to military specialists in the West, Russia’s battlefield presence in Ukraine is limited due to significant casualties. Even Russian nationalists appear to agree with this because they have been urging some form of mobilisation to support what they perceive to be a faltering effort for months.
Defense of Ukraine has continued to frequently tweet during this. “Not only Ukrainian territory is being liberated. Furthermore, we are sending our citizens back home “On Thursday, it posted with a video.
General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Army, was cited as saying in another tweet: “We will exterminate everyone who comes to our land with guns, whether voluntarily or due to mobilisation.”
