Russian authorities are opening more military enlistment offices near Russia's borders in an apparent effort to intercept some of the men of fighting age who are trying to leave Russia by land to avoid getting called up to fight in Ukraine.
A new draft office opened in the Saratov region, at the Ozinki checkpoint on Russia's border with Kazakhstan, regional officials said Thursday. Another enlistment center was set to open at a crossing in the Astrakhan region, also on the border with Kazakhstan, according to the regional administration.
