Russian veteran jailed after viral video warning Putin his army near mutiny | News World

A Russian veteran has been jailed after threatening to ‘tell the reality’ about soldiers being mass murdered and tortured on the frontline.

Aleksandr Lunin delivered a stark message to Vladimir Putin, predicting Russia’s army would ‘turn its weapons’ towards the Kremlin unless its concerns were heard.

He has since been detained for at the very least 11 days after being found guilty of ‘displaying extremist or Nazi symbols’, TVP World reported.

Lunin, 39, used a viral video to request a live televised meeting with the Russian president as a way to ‘tell the reality about what is occurring to our country straight away’.

He claimed soldiers were starting to defy orders to perform ‘silly or suicidal’ acts – and were being tortured for his or her dissent.

In a clip viewed greater than 12 million times in 24 hours, Lunin said he was relaying a message having spoken to high rating officals on the Ministry of Defense.

He said: ‘For the time being, dozens, a whole lot, hundreds of our soldiers are sitting in dungeons, punished by their commanders.

‘They’re sitting there rotting, being subjected to torture and violence by the so-called “Gestapo”.

‘They’re there because they refused to perform silly, suicidal orders.

‘They’re there because they refused at hand over their financial assets and in the long run they’re eliminated – declared missing.’

The previous serviceman was amongst volunteers on the frontline of Putin’s ‘special military operation’ against Ukraine in 2022.

Nonetheless he has since returned to his home in southwestern Russia.

Referring to the Russian dictator by his first names, he continued: ‘Vladimir Vladimirovich, please be aware of this. Invite me for a gathering. The implications may very well be very serious.

‘If in the longer term I don’t come to the Kremlin and speak live to tell the tale air next to you, the military will turn its weapons against the Kremlin.

‘I’m only passing on the message. That’s all.’

Lunin has since appealed his conviction at a court in Russia’s southwestern Voronezh region, however the Kremlin said it had yet to review the footage of his clip.

First-time offenders found guilty of ‘displaying extremist symbols’ will be locked up for as much as 15 days.

It comes as prime minister Sir Keir Starmer insisted Ukraine was ‘holding strong’ against Russian attacks.

In an address setting out the UK’s Defence Infrastructure Plan, he said: ‘They’re increasingly capable of push Russia back on the battlefield.’

He added there have been ‘clear signs’ that the mood in Moscow was shifting consequently of Putin’s war and its toll on Russian economy.

The Kremlin has announced from today the closure of seven railway crossings from Finland, Estonia and Latvia.

Because the war began in 2022, the lines have ceased to be major trade routes, however the suspension of movement of each passengers and goods is one other sign of Putin severing relations along with his neighbours.

The president has also promised to tackle fuel shortages across the country attributable to Ukrainian drone strikes on oil infrastructure, which have seen drivers fighting at petrol pumps.

Last week he suggested he may ban diesel exports, as supplies in some regions, including Crimea, have almost run dry.

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