Saturday 24 September 2022 06:44 PM Putin's riot police arrest more than 700 anti-mobilisation protesters trends now
Vladimir Putin's riot police arrested more than 700 anti-mobilisation protesters today as a brave one-legged woman in a wheelchair faced down shamed troopers with an anti-war placard.
A powerful image of anti-mobilisation showed the woman, reportedly attending the peaceful protest in the Chistyye Prudy area of Moscow, holding a placard up to Putin's soldiers which translated as: 'Do you want to be like me?'.
Video footage captured the moment that she bravely faced Russian riot police who surrounded her in their numbers as they looked to crackdown on dissent against Putin's regime.
The courageous woman with bright pink hair had unzipped her bag before pulling the placard out as photographers descended on her before the riot police arrived.
One Russian officer could later be seen holding the placard which appeared to have been removed from the woman after photographers had gathered around her.
A rights group claimed that around 730 people were detained across Russia at protests against the mobilisation order today, just three days after Putin ordered Russia's first military draft since World War Two for the conflict in Ukraine.
The independent OVD-info protest monitoring group said it was aware of detentions across 32 difference cities, from St Petersburg to Siberia.
Protests broke out across central Moscow despite unsanctioned rallies being illegal under Russian law, which also forbids any activity considered to defame the armed forces.
The one-legged woman could be seen holding a placard up shaming troopers. It read: 'Do you want to be like me?'
The brave woman, who was attending an apparent peaceful protest in Moscow, was quickly surrounded by riot police for holding a placard up
The woman had the placard removed from her by Russian riot police. It is illegal to hold unsanctioned rallies in Russia
A wheelchair-bound participant courageously holds a placard during a rally after opposition activists called for street protests against the mobilisation
Unauthorised protests have broken out in Moscow this afternoon at Putin's decision to call up so many men of the Russian population
A woman is violently manhandled by two Russian riot police in downtown Moscow as authorities quickly move to stamp out any overt signs of civil disobedience on a day where they arrested more than 730 people
The protesters will likely face severe repercussions for their brave disobedience under new legislation the Kremlin rushed through in the lead up to the mobilisation announcement on Wednesday September 21
It comes after Russian couples were pictured being forced to say their goodbyes as hundreds of thousands of army reservists and prisoners are sent to Ukraine.
Train stations and army checkpoints have become the scene for the separations, often involving young couples - and men who don't want to fight.
Putin's failing invasion of the neighbouring
