 [NBC] Russians trying to avoid getting conscripted to fight in Ukraine appeared to be trying to cross the border into Georgia, Kazakhstan and even remote Mongolia, satellite imagery suggested Monday.
Video obtained by Colorado-based Maxar Technology showed long lines of cargo trucks and private vehicles leaving Russia and entering the neighboring countries in the wake of Russian President Vladimir Putin's mobilization order.
Russian border guards didn’t appear to be trying to stop them.
"When we found out about the mobilization, we dropped everything at home and jumped in the car," Dmitry Kuriliyunok told Reuters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.
Kuriliyunok said he, his wife, Irina, and their young daughter first drove across southern Russia from Krasnodar to Mineralnye Vody in the North Caucasus, which has become a staging post for many Russians crossing into Georgia.
There, Kuriliyunok said, they hired a local driver to take them through the border checkpoints. And after 24 hours, they arrived in Tbilisi.
"We are completely against this war," he said. "For us, like for others, it’s scary. To die and to kill others, and for what? We don’t understand. Therefore, we decided to flee."
They are far from the only Russians who have made the trek. 
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