Russian soldier compelled to eat dust in ‘torture gap’ after fleeing Putin’s brutal frontline
WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Shocking footage shows a Russian squaddie being beaten and forced to eat dirt in a torture pit after trying to flee the frontline in Ukraine
A Russian soldier is tortured by a commander in horrific new footage from the frontline in Ukraine(Image: social media/ east2west news)
Sickening footage has captured the moment a Russian soldier was forced to eat soil in a squalid torture pit after allegedly trying to flee Vladimir Putin’s brutal frontline. The serviceman, seen wearing only underwear and appearing to suffer from broken ribs, is the latest victim of the depraved discipline methods used by the Kremlin’s commanders.
The man, reportedly a member of the 82nd Motor Rifle Regiment, was captured after seemingly attempting to escape. In the harrowing clip, a commander can be heard hurling a barrage of abuse at the shivering soldier huddled in the dirt.
The officer can be heard saying “Come on, you ****ing ****, how are you feeling?” When the soldier whimpers that he feels “sick,” the commander orders him to his knees, screaming: “Turn your face this way, ****. Come on, get on your knees, you ****”
The soldier is then ordered to apologise to the families of his fellow soldiers. When he begins to say, “I’d like to apologise to their families…” the commander loses his mind. “What the ****, apologise? Are you a ****ing idiot, you ****ing moron?”
The commander then forces the man to consume the earth beneath him, shouting: “Eat the dirt, you *****. Eat it, eat it, eat it, you ****ing *****. You dog, you *****. Come on, come on. Since you’re a dog, go on, have a walk, crawl around on all fours.”
Despite the soldier pleading, “My ribs hurt,” his superior shows no mercy, threatening him with a near-certain death sentence the following day. “**** your ribs, for ****’s sake. Tomorrow you’ll go on a raid with a pancake, you ****ing *****.”
A “pancake” refers to a landmine, suggesting the soldier was being ordered into a high-stakes suicide raid on Ukrainian positions.
The so-called “meat storm” missions see Russian troops thrown at Ukrainian lines until the defenders run out of ammo.
The stomach-churning video is just the latest to emerge from the frontline, exposing an apparent culture of torture within Putin’s ranks.
Recent reports and Telegram footage have highlighted a terrifying style of leadership, with soldiers being chained by the neck in boxes, tied to trees and forced to bark like dogs and even getting thrown into holes for days to learn how to follow orders.
Other videos show commanders filming themselves laughing while electrocuting their own men and troops being denied food and forced to survive on stolen potatoes.
In one particularly sadistic clip, two soldiers were duct-taped to a tree while a commander kicked a bucket placed over one of their heads.
In another, an elderly soldier was told he would be shot while a superior urinated on his younger comrade.
The brutal tactics have reportedly led to a surge in desertions.
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