After Russian president Vladimir Putin announced a war mobilization of 300,000 additional troops and raised the possibility, residents in Russia have been eager to flee the nation, seen here along the Russian-Georgian border in Vladikavkaz.

"The situation in Russia is alarming, I'm against it because not one normal person wants to fight, I won't take up arms either," said Artem, a Russian citizen driving across the border.

Russian traffic police have shut down parts of the border and instituted a curfew and are reportedly only allowing cars with local license plates to cross the border. Some people are going to the border and being transported by locals, according to Newsflare sources.

In Vladikavkaz, due to the large number of people who want to leave Russia, movement in the direction of the Georgian border has been restricted, "Кавказ.Реалии" publication reports based on Telegram channels. Restrictions were imposed from the night of September 23, and around 03:30 in the city of Vladikavkaz, at the intersection of Moskovsky and Kosta avenues, traffic was stopped at the traffic police post. According to the author of one of the videos, the law enforcement officers do not allow cars to cross the border, because there is a traffic jam of several kilometers in front of "Zemo Larsi".

According to the information spread by Telegram channels, only cars with local license plates are allowed to the checkpoint, which is why some people go to the border of Georgia on foot, scooter, bicycle or pay local residents to bring them to the border.

The authorities of North Ossetia do not make an official comment on the situation. In addition, "rfdrfpri uzel" publication, based on the representative of the border service, reports that the checkpoint on the border of the two countries is working as usual.