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Shocking footage has emerged of Vladimir Putin’s troops subjecting soldiers to harsh punishment after a pair allegedly stole marijuana from their commander.
Two Russian soldiers were tied to trees in subzero temperatures on the frontline with Ukraine as punishment.
The pair – one only wearing underpants, the opposite with an extended sleeve short and underwear – were shaking from the cold as they suffered the torturous punishment.
The soldiers were accused of stealing drugs from their commander, who goes by the callsign Gadyuka.
The footage comes as many reports have said drugs are widespread amongst Putin’s fighters, who’re forced into cannon fodder assaults.
Savage punishments are also common amongst Russian forces who’re accused of wrongdoing.
‘Well, you swines, you smoked the commander’s weed,’ the person filming said.
‘F***** swine. Stand there and freeze!’
It’s unknown if the lads survived the punishment or were left for dead.
Many Russian soldiers who dissent against their commanders are utilized in deadly ‘meat grinder’ assaults as punishment.
The tactic is getting used to silence personnel who develop into ‘disgruntled’ and means ‘almost certain and really rapid death’, in response to a media outlet which has been using open sources to observe the Kremlin’s losses.
One instance involved a Russian drone operator who filmed a video suggesting his unit had been infiltrated by Western intelligence.
Dmytro Lysakhovsky also claimed his commander lied about battlefield victories in eastern Ukraine.
Mika Golubosvky, an editor at Mediazona, said: ‘The “meat grinder” tactics were widely utilized by Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner Group, mostly within the battle for Bakhmut, and later were adopted by the regular Russian army.
‘There are signs that “meat offensives” have develop into a kind of punishment in the military.
‘If, for any reason, a soldier becomes disgruntled together with his superiors, they transfer him to an assault unit, and it means almost certain and really rapid death.
‘So the concept of “disposable soldiers” is basically something very prevalent in the present Russian army.’
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