Satellite images show 10-mile-long traffic jam at Russian borders amid mobilisation
Russia-Georgia Border
Traffic jam along the Russia-Georgia Border on September 27 (Photo: @Maxar)
Upper Lars Checkpoint
The traffic jam was seen approaching the Upper Lars Checkpoint at the Russia-Georgia border, on September 27 (Photo: @Maxar)
Lars Border Crossing
Satellite images taken on September 27 at the Russian-Georgia border, a week after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the "partial mobilisation" of reservists (Photo: @Maxar)
More than 53,000 people
According to officials in Georgia, more than 53,000 Russians have crossed the border since the announcement. (Photo: @Maxar)
Queuing Cars and Trucks
According to Georgia's interior minister, Vakhtang Gomelauri, each day at least 10,000 Russians have entered the country since the announcement from the Verkhny Lars border crossing.
A satellite image taken on September 25 shows cars snaking their way through hours of traffic to get to Georgia. (Photo: @Maxar)
North Ossetia-Verkhny Lars
The traffic jam has been approaching from Russia's North Ossetia region toward the Verkhny Lars border crossing. Until recent relaxation in border regulations, Russian border authorities were not letting people cross into Georgia on foot, reported Al Jazeera. (Photo: @Maxar)
Russia-Mongolia Border
Satellite image taken on September 23, two days after Putin's announcement shows a traffic jam at the Khyagt border post at Russia's border with Mongolia as thousands of Russian nationals flee the country. (Photo: Maxar Technologies)
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