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Some Russians are leaving after President Putin enacted a military mobilization order, others are already being deployed.

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Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said the military is adding 300,000 soldiers from the ranks of 25 million reservists – primarily gunners, artillerymen, tank drivers and signal corps veterans. But some draftees said they had no military experience. The British Defense Ministry said the new troops "are unlikely to be combat-effective for months.''

A spinoff from the shuttered independent Russian website Novaya Gazeta, Novaya Gazeta Europe, said the prices for tickets to countries not requiring visas jumped significantly and were "completely gone" by Wednesday night.

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