A round-up of men in Penza. Screenshot: social media

Police in the Russian city of Penza have warned of punishment for spreading "fake reports" about the detention of men and their deployment to the war against Ukraine.

Source: Meduza, a Latvia-based Russian media outlet, citing the Department of Russia's Interior Ministry in Penza Oblast

Details: The police said in a statement that over the past few days, "fake" reports have been spreading online about "numerous detentions of men by police officers for dispatch to the Special Military Operation zone" – the term Russia uses for its war against Ukraine.

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