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Nearly 200,000 flee Russia after reservists called up for Ukraine fight

By Associated Press, Maxar Technologies and NUR.KZ

Sept. 27, 2022

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A group of Russians walk after crossing the border at Verkhny Lars between Georgia and Russia in Georgia, Tuesday, Sept. 27. Long lines of vehicles have formed at a border crossing between Russia's North Ossetia region and Georgia after Moscow announced a partial military mobilization. A day after President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial mobilization to bolster his troops in Ukraine, many Russians are leaving their homes.
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Russians lineup after crossing the border at Verkhny Lars between Georgia and Russia in Georgia, Tuesday, Sept. 27.
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Russians wait and lineup to get Kazakhstan's INN in a public service center in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, Sept. 27.
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Cars queuing to cross the border into Kazakhstan at the Mariinsky border crossing, about 400 kilometers south of Chelyabinsk, Russia, Tuesday, Sept. 27. Officials say about 98,000 Russians have crossed into Kazakhstan in the week since President Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilization of reservists to fight in Ukraine.
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People walk next to their cars queuing to cross the border into Kazakhstan at the Mariinsky border crossing, about 400 kilometers south of Chelyabinsk, Russia, Tuesday, Sept. 27.
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MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES VIA AP

This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows people and vehicles queuing for crossing the Upper Lars checkpoint on the Russian-Georgia border, on Tuesday Sept. 27, after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilization in Russia.
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Leonid Pasechnik, leader of self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic, comments results of a referendum in Luhansk, Luhansk People's Republic controlled by Russia-backed separatists, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 27. Voting began Friday in four Moscow-held regions of Ukraine on referendums to become part of Russia.
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Valentina Bondarenko reacts as she stands with her husband Leonid outside their house that was heavily damaged after a Russian attack in Sloviansk, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 27. The 78-year-old woman was in the garden and fell on the ground at the moment of the explosion. "Everything flew and I started to run away", says Valentina.
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People transport fuel on a boat in front of a destroyed bridge across the Siverskyi-Donets river in Staryi-Saltiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 27.
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Anton Krasyvyi rows passengers Maryna, 43, and her daughter Arina, 11, across the Siverskyi-Donets river in front of a destroyed bridge so they can visit relatives in Staryi-Saltiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 27.
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People ride on a boat across the Siverskyi-Donets river in front of a destroyed bridge in Staryi-Saltiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 27.
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A firefighter works after a Russian attack that heavily damaged a building in Sloviansk, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 27.
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Communal workers clean the debris from the street in front of a heavily damaged building after a Russian attack in Sloviansk, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 27.
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A firefighter works after a Russian attack that heavily damaged a building in Sloviansk, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 27.

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