New Russian recruits say goodbye between tears and hugs

 

Ukraine's Zaporija (AP) — On Thursday, Russia intensified its military and political campaign to seize a region of Ukraine. It chose Russian military reservists to take part in the conflict, planned mandates to include additional affected regions, and launched new assaults.

Images of tearful families waving goodbye to personnel leaving military activation sites dominated Russian online entertainment the day after President Vladimir Putin requested a halfway preparation to support his powers in Ukraine.

Men can be seen exiting an arena in a video that was released on Twitter from the Siberian city of Neryungri. Before getting on the trucks, the men hugged relatives who were waiting outside. Many of them were in tears, and some were covering their mouths with their hands in a clear sign of suffering. The man raised a