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hello and welcome. friday, september 23rd. 9 a.m. here in london. 11 a.m. in ukraine. voting begins today in the four occupied regions on whether to become a part of the russian federation. the areas make up about 50% of ukraine's territory. if they join russia many believe that will provide vladimir putin the pretexts to claim russian territory is under attack and escalate the war. it's prompting people to flee the country in all directions. a long line of cars backed up at russia's border with finland. the government in helsinki is thinking of new restrictions to keep russians from...

sparked protests across russia leading to more than 130 0 arrests. we've seen the emotional farewells. look at this, russian men leaving behind families to board buses for military service. others trying to get out of the country altogether. in this video long lines of traffic are growing as men seemingly are trying to escape the war. >> the demand for flights out of moscow is spiking dramatically. tickets to countries where russians don't need a visa are sold out. and on google trends the term leaving russia saw a spike in searches over the past 24 hours. according to a ticket agri ...

own country. russian men fleeing russia to avoid military mobilization. now the kremlin is calling these reports an exaggeration and fake news, and you may say, are they right? no, they are not, because the pictures don't low. let's show you what's actually happening on the ground. i'll put up the map to show the routes outside of russia. you see the dotted lines. okay, so as you get to each of these crossings, there are long lines eof cars waiting. that's what it looks like. here's the scene in finland. officials now reconsidering banning most russians from entering the country beca...

You're in the region where the gains by the ukrainians seem to have prompted this new phase by vladimir putin, ben. >> reporter: ye and you know, as these referendums go ahead. yesterday we were in areas occupied by russian forces and i can tell you in those areas you would be hard pressed to find anybody who wants to live under moscow's thumb. antoli is trying to make his demolished house a home again one nail at a time. but without a roof, plastic sheeting on the windows won't make much of a difference. this is all they could salvage. he was overwhelmed by what he and his wife found when the...

We saw an evacuation bus pull out and they did get inland. a little bit inland, you can be safe. it's a much different situation, which is mi all officials are begging people to pay attention. >> it's confounding. you spoke to the mayor last hour. he called this a nuclear hurricane. i mean, if that's what he's warning and you hear from the governor to the fema administrator, if you are in a flood zone, you need to get out, why would anyone stay there? >> well, i did speak to a man, scott abraham with his 4-year-old son who said he was going to stay in his high-rise. he lives on the 11th floor....