Russia admitted Wednesday that it had drafted people to fight in the war against Ukraine despite President Vladimir Putin’s insistence a day earlier that no conscripts or reservists had or would be deployed.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday an investigation was underway into the discrepancy and that Putin had ordered military prosecutors to punish officials responsible for disobeying his orders.

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