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These footage, released by the Russian Defense Ministry, are said to show reservists arriving at a military facility in Vladivostok.
According to Russian information, they will be provided with uniforms and equipment, then training will begin.
The transfer to Ukraine will probably follow.
For some Russians, that's a horrific prospect -- thousands of military-age men have fled to Georgia.
Dmitry Kuriliyunok, Russian citizen: »When we found out about the mobilization, we left everything at home, jumped in the car and drove to the town of Mineralnye Vody.
There we found a car with a driver who took us across the border.
We were on the road for 24 hours and he took us to Tbilisi.
We fear that we could be called up against our will to kill peaceful people in Ukraine.«
Maxim, Russian citizen: »It's very scary. I worry about my friends. I try to help my friends get somewhere else. It's awful and I'm going to cry now. Terrible things are happening. My friends have just arrived and we have helped them in any way we could. It's terrible, a nightmare."
Some of their acquaintances in Russia are not yet aware of the serious situation, say the Russians in the Georgian capital.
Christina, Russian citizen: “They still can't believe that they can be drafted at any moment. That they can be pulled off to fight. You still don't believe it. They watch Russian television and the news and believe everything they are told. That they will not be drafted and that those who are drafted are military specialists.”
Not all Russian opponents of the war are already on the run, emphasizes the operator of a book shop that collects donations for Ukraine.
Stas Gaivoronsky,
Russian citizen:
»Of course there are still good people in Russia who don't want to leave.
You get involved.
We collect money for them for the evacuation of Ukrainian citizens from Russia - that's a few hundred thousand people and tens of thousands of children.
There are partisans who have set fire to conscription offices and damaged railway lines.
And there are activists putting up anti-war stickers.”
Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered Russia's first mobilization since World War II.
Since then, the military has been trying to officially draft 300,000 men to reinforce Russian forces in Ukraine.
Russian government spokesman Dmitry Peskov stressed on Monday that Russia has not yet imposed martial law.
In this case, able-bodied men would no longer be allowed to leave the country.