Breaking news - The Russian mobilisation order sparks protests across the country with fresh demonstrations on Sunday.

In Dagestan, one of Russia's poorer regions in the North Caucasus, over 100 people were reported to be blocking a highway.

Russian media reported that local police tried to break up the demonstration by firing warning shots in the air.

It wasn't immediately clear whether someone was detained or injured or whether the efforts to disperse the crowds succeeded.

Scuffles broke out as men reportedly resisted being 'forced onto buses'.

Hundreds of protesters, mostly women, chanted "No to war!" at a protest rally in Dagestan's capital Makhachkala.

Some of them argued with police saying it was Russia that attacked Ukraine.

Dagestan is among several Russian regions identified by independent media as homeland for hundreds of Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine.

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