Russians help each other escape military service: “If they come for me, I’ll break my arm. That is better than death” | War Ukraine and Russia

“This is kind of a nightmare… I can’t believe this is happening to all of us.” It’s midnight when the Russian ‘Alice’ writes this on Telegram. We followed the Russian inhabitants for a day after the ‘partial’ mobilization. What followed was a combination of mass panic, thousands of questions and social media posts with one goal: to flee Russia. “A broken arm is better than death.”