'This is not our territory': Startling unrest in Russian republics as thousands flee mobilisation

As many have left Russia in the past week as in the entire conflict. One young mother crossing into Georgia told Sky News that children cannot be raised in a country that sends men to kill against their will. International Affairs Editor @DominicWaghorn Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Vladimir Putin has for seven months insisted his invasion of Ukraine was only a special military operation. That way he hoped the conflict would seem distant and contained to the broad Russian public. With his military suffering setback after setback, a week ago he announced the mobilisation of hundreds of thousands of reservists. But even that was qualified. It was a partial mobilisation and so far the bulk of men being drafted are said to be from areas far from Moscow and in the Russian federation's autonomous republics. Putin faces 'imminent defeat' - Ukraine war latest He will have hoped again that the bulk of ethnic Russians will still not feel directly affected by this l