Thousands of Russians across Russia receive draft papers

A day after President Vladimir Putin announced a call-up that could sweep 300,000 civilians into military service, thousands of Russians across the country received draft papers on Thursday and some were being marched to buses and planes for training, and perhaps soon a trip to the front lines in Ukraine.

According to interviews, Russian news reports and social media posts, Putin escalation of the war effort was reverberating across the country. As the day went on, it became increasingly clear that Putin's decision had torn open the cocoon shielding much of Russian society from their leader's invasion of a neighbor.

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