A general view shows the Cathedral of the Epiphany and buildings in central Oryol, Russia October 25, 2021. Picture taken October 25, 2021. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
(Reuters) - Uzbek workers of a waste processing plant in the western Russian city of Oryol, who were handed mobilisation notices and ordered to show up at the local conscription point, asked their president for help, a local news outlet reported.
Moscow started the mobilisation campaign, its first since World War Two, last month as its military campaign in Ukraine stalled and Russian forces began to lose ground. Hundreds of thousands of men have since fled Russia to avoid being sent to the front lines.
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