After Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that 300,000 reservists would be ordered to fight in the country’s war with Ukraine, a wave of videos began circulating on social media showing scenes of recruitment. Videos show families crying, children crying out for their military fathers, groups of men boarding buses and civilians arguing with authorities. One of the most shared videos, posted by Pjotr ​​Sauer, a reporter for The Guardian who credited the Siberian news agency Tayga for the video, shows a group of men in heavy jackets carrying bags onto a bus. The men are seen hugging others who appear to be family members, including a child pressed against the bus window to say goodbye. —Pjotr​​​​​​Sauer (@PjotrSauer) September 22, 2022 The clip was taken on Thursday morning in Yakutsk, a Russian city in eastern Siberia, the post said. An activist from Yakutsk told The New York Times that authorities airlifted the lottery pickers out of the villages. In another video, shared by The Telegraph, a Russian man described how he was issued a summons despite being a student and told by an officer that he had to leave so soon that his mother might not be able to leave work. time to let him go. A video with nearly two million views appears to show locals in the Dagestan region arguing with a recruitment officer who urged people to fight for the future, according to a Belarusian journalist who shared the video on Twitter. In response, one man reportedly said “We don’t even have a present, what future are you talking about.” —Tadeusz Giczan (@TadeuszGiczan) September 22, 2022 Insider also previously reported on a viral video showing a child crying and crying, “Dad, bye, please come back!” as a crowd of men were seen loading onto a bus. The video was first shared by the BBC’s Will Vernon, who said the video’s legitimacy had been verified. There are also videos of men presenting the call they have received, while others show scenes from inside places where Russian men have already been called. —Patrick Reevell (@Reevellp) September 23, 2022 The videos began circulating on social media after Putin announced the conscription on Wednesday, which led to widespread tension as many tried to flee the country while mass protests broke out in certain cities and regions. Despite Putin calling it a “partial mobilization” of citizens, the president of a local activist group told the Guardian it was a “100% mobilization,” with some people outside the expected spectrum of combat-experienced soldiers receiving notices. Russia is said to have recruited students with no military background and a 62-year-old man with a brain condition and type 2 diabetes. The mobilization has also led to Russians attempting to leave the country to avoid conscription, the BBC reported on Friday, with long queues at border crossings and officials in neighboring countries grappling with Russian citizens seeking refuge. The Kremlin denied that the citizens were trying to escape. The Russian military suffered losses last month as a major counteroffensive by Ukrainian forces retook large swathes of territory held by Russian forces in the country’s northeast.