Ukraine War: People taking a one-way flight out of Russia after Putin's decision to send a reserve army to Ukraine
A day after Russian President Putin decided to send more troops to Ukraine, tickets for one-way passenger flights out of Russia
sold out
and air ticket prices skyrocketed.
Russia has decided to send a reserve army for the first time since World War II.
According to media reports, the fear of the imposition of martial law in Russia has spread due to the statement of President Putin.
War-age men will not be able to leave Russia if martial law is implemented in Russia. According to Reuters, global flight tracking service FlightRadar24 has shown that the traffic of flights out of Russia has suddenly increased.
Prior to this, data from Google Trends showed that the traffic of Aviasales, the popular Russian ticket buying website, suddenly increased.
Flights departing Moscow and St.
Petersburg today.
The @AP is reporting international flights departing Russia have either sold out or skyrocketed in price after Putin announced a mobilization of reservists.
Search SVO, VKO, DME for Moscow airports and LED for St.
Petersburg.
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— flightradar24 (@flightradar24) September 21, 2022
According to AFP,
flights out of Russia are almost completely booked for this week.
Flights have been canceled since the start of the Ukraine war between Russia and Europe.
Putin yesterday announced the sending of "a part of the Russian reserve army" to Ukraine.
Russia's decision to land a reserve army of 3 lakhs in Ukraine is the biggest provocative decision taken by Russia in recent times.
Putin said in a televised message to his nation that, when the border sovereignty of our country is in danger, we will take all measures to save Russia and our people.
And it's not a rhetoric."