Flights departing from Moscow and St. Petersburg on Wednesday were sold out or increased sharply after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the mobilization of reservists.

In that context, the image of the day comes from Flightradar24:

• The most expensive flight ticket Moscow-Dubai, after Putin announced the mobilization of reservists

Almost all flights in Russia were sold out just hours after Putin announced the partial mobilization of reservists. Flights from Moscow to the capitals of Georgia, Turkey and Armenia, all visa-free destinations for Russians, sold out within minutes of Putin’s announcement, according to ticket sales data, The Guardian reported.

Also, direct flights from Moscow to Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan became unavailable.

CNN reported this afternoon that according to Google Trends, there has been a sharp increase in the number of people searching for “Aviasales”, which is a Russian flight search engine. In the last 24 hours, the number of people looking for airline tickets has increased fourfold.

A study of round-trip fares in the coming days to Belgrade, Tel Aviv and Istanbul shows a doubling and tripling of prices.

On the website of the Russian state carrier “Aeroflot” on Wednesday, only business class tickets were available for flights to Armenia. One-way tickets from Moscow to Armenia’s capital, Yerevan, were available Thursday for $4,241 with multiple stops, the Aviasales website reported late Wednesday.