Terror destroys Putin's army from the inside. “Bullying worse than slavery”
Russia's losses are constantly growing. However, even those Russian soldiers who are still alive have no reason to be happy.
This is reminiscent of a film published at the beginning of the week by the Ukrainian army. Shows 10 Russian soldiers who decided to voluntarily give up, “because The bullying in our branches is worse than captivity“The case of deserters sheds new light on brutal methods used in Russian ranks.
Russian commanders do not have scruples in how they treat their soldiers. This is evidenced by daily photos and videos of torture, which mainly circulate on the telegram.
Note: In this article, Blick refers to cases verified by the Polish Think Tank Eastern Studies Center or the independent Russian Astra platform.
Torture in Russian
The film from May 2025 shows how Russian soldiers They bury a friend in the groundbecause he apparently did not take the order. It is not known what happened to him later.
In another film from the same month you can see how the officer attaches two soldiers to the lantern and makes them beat, and then – apparently in the front – he throws them to the mercy of Ukrainian drones. Russian prisoners of war confirm the use of this penalty towards people who refuse orders in other cases.
The third film from last week shows how a Russian soldier is tied by his legs to the pickup and for about 90 seconds pulled at high speed on a dirt roadand then left wounded.
The film about the unknown date indicates the cruel conditions in the dungeon in one of the villages in the occupied Ukrainian Lugansk territory, where Russian soldiers who refused orders are kept in catastrophic conditions, without access to daylight.
Worse and worse
Sadistic superiors are present in every army in the world. Ukraine is also constantly struggling with terrifying reports, for example with the conditions prevailing in the 211st Brigade of Pontoon Bridges. Soldiers of this unit were blackmailed, closed naked in cages, and even attached to a wooden cross – said the newspaper “Ukrajinśka Prawie” at the end of 2024.
In the case of the Russian army system. Sadistic humiliation is part of the Russian recruit training program (currently 260,000 per year). The Russians even have a deadline for determining the systematic humiliation in the army by beating, cold or practiced in Chechnya forced sitting on the set bottles: Diedzczyna (in translation: “grandparents' law”). This is to break the will of the individual and strengthen the unity.
Jakub Ber, an expert from the Polish Center for Eastern Studies, claims in a new Think Tanko document that since the outbreak of war in Ukraine harassment in the Russian army has intensified significantly. Many of today's commanders took part in war crimes in Chechnya in the 90s and 2000. The inclusion of mercenaries of the Wagner Group in the official armed forces meant that their dehumanization tactics are currently widely used.
Hotline
In addition, approx. 50 thousand criminals who reported to military service in exchange for dismissal from a penalty will be subjected to more severe disciplinary means – just like in Russian prisons, where beating and rapes are commonplace.
The Insider Investigative Platform reports Fr. special penalty troops in the Russian armywhose main task is to track people who break the rules and refuse to follow orders and give them an example.
Ukrainians use the growing dissatisfaction in Russian ranks in their favor. “Give up and save your life!” – says a masked Ukrainian at the end of a new film for Russian viewers. Ukraine has launched a hotline for Russian soldiers who want to voluntarily give up. The number is widespread with leaflets and on a telegram. According to operators, the hotline remains very burdened.
