Russia is deploying a military commissar mobilization point at the “Upper Lars” checkpoint on the border with Georgia.
This was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of North Ossetia in the morning of September 27.
In addition, the Russians were allowed to cross this checkpoint on foot, although it is not intended for this. Such a decision was made due to a significant increase in the number of light vehicles moving towards Georgia. The day before, "Upper Lars" was allowed to be crossed by bicycles and scooters.
Satellite images from September 25 show a large traffic jam of cars leaving Russia and trying to cross the border with Georgia at the Verkhniy Lars checkpoint.
On September 26, the vice-premier of the "republic" Irbek Tomaev stated that approximately 3 500 passenger cars, "in which mostly persons of draft age" had gathered at the "Upper Lars" point. On September 26, the queue to leave Russia for Georgia stretched for more than 20 kilometers, it took 3-4 days to cross the border. The traffic flow towards Georgia increased after Putin announced a partial mobilization in Russia.
- On September 21, Putin announced a partial mobilization in Russia, supported the holding of pseudo-referendums in the occupied territories of Ukraine, and threatened nuclear weapons in the event of an attack on the Russian Federation.
- Due to mobilization, Russians began to actively flee the country. The few protests in the Russian Federation were predictably stifled. The most massive opposition to mobilization was shown only in Dagestan.
- Putinʼs administration distributed to state and pro-government mass media a manual on how to explain to Russians the need to mobilize and send men to war.