Military-aged men flee Russia after Putin orders partial mobilisation

Buses and cars queue to cross the border from Russia to Finland (Sasu Makinen/Lehtikuva via AP)

Military-aged men fled Russia in droves on Friday, filling planes and causing traffic jams at border crossings to avoid being rounded up to fight in Ukraine following the Kremlin’s partial military mobilisation.

Queues stretching for six miles formed on a road leading to the southern border with Georgia, according to Yandex Maps, a Russian online map service.