Emotional Goodbyes Across Russia As Ukraine Mobilization Begins

Emotional scenes were repeated in various parts of Russia as mothers and wives sent off their sons and husbands to fight in Ukraine on September 22, a day after President Vladimir Putin announced a “partial mobilization.”
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