A Russian commander describes horrific torture by Wagner’s mercenaries. There is also a report from Russia about the mistreatment of its soldiers.

MUNICH/MOSCOW – They die, die, die: we are talking about Russian soldiers on the battlefields of the Ukraine war. According to a media project Kyiv IndependentAccording to figures from the Ukrainian General Staff, an estimated 23,770 Russian servicemen have been killed or wounded since the invasion on February 24, 2022, in violation of international law — at least.

Wagner Mercenaries in Ukraine: Are Russian Soldiers Kidnapped and Tortured?

Also in your ranks? A suspected Russian commander has now made serious allegations against the Wagner Division’s mercenaries Ukraine with the army from Russia They attacked.

Specifically: the supposed commander of the 72nd Russian Rifle Brigade, Lieutenant Colonel Roman Venevitin, claimed in a video distributed on Twitter that his people had been tortured and humiliated by Wagner’s mercenaries. In addition, Yevgeny Prigozhin’s private army (PMC) has repeatedly kidnapped Russian soldiers, he explains.

“Hi, my name is Roman Venevitin, I’m a lieutenant colonel in the Russian Army, and the former commander of the 72nd Brigade,” the man said in the video, which was shared by several Twitter users. which cannot be independently validated. At least he was probably dressed as a Russian. It is not known where the video was filmed.

Wagner mercenaries in Ukraine: Russian commander raises serious allegations

I must say that from the very first days of our deployment in the region Bachmut tensions with Wagner king. It referred not only to rude behavior, threats to “cancele” or kill, but to concrete actions, ”he explains, referring to the alleged crimes committed by the mercenaries in their ranks. The Wagner mercenaries allegedly stole T-80 tanks and BMP infantry fighting vehicles from the Russian army in order to present them as supposed trophies of war.

Wagner’s Mercenaries in Ukraine: Torturing Russian Soldiers with Hunger and Acid?

As reported by Finifetin: “There was a case of threat of material retaliation against a company that was under siege and required liquidation (Archery, d. editor.) because it „worked” differently than Wagner wanted. There were kidnappings of our fighters who were subjected to physical and moral humiliation. For example, one (soldier d. editor.) From our Starshina battalion, tormented with hunger and left on the cold ground of the base. Acid and other chemical compounds were thrown into his eyes.”

Although he lost consciousness in the meantime, „they doused him with petrol and tried to set him on fire. The commander of the artillery battalion was also kidnapped. I will not reveal his name. His car was stolen from him. He was beaten and thrown near enemy territory.” In one case, he also reported the alleged suicide of a soldier „due to a hopeless situation”. The wounded were treated like slaves, and other combatants robbed to sign Wagner contracts under pressure, he recounts.

Wagner mercenaries in Ukraine: False allegations against the Russian army?

Finally, in the video, he accused Wagner of partially withdrawing his soldiers and thus weakening his Bashmut wing. Subsequently, Wagner accused his unit of being unable to hold said wing. What is documented there In a telegram, Prigozhin described soldiers of the 72nd Rifle Brigade fleeing Who said front.

It seems that the abuse of Russian soldiers is happening not only on the Ukrainian front, but also at home. This is the case in the report „Secret in Russia” for „Frontal” magazine In the ZDF talk about recruits killed in the Russian barracks.

Violence within the Russian military: Mother describes harassment of her son

In one sequence, the report, researched by two Russian journalists, shows a mother from Magnitogorsk. Her name: Svetlana Latyuk. Her son Stanislav: Dead never returned from basic army training. This is how the woman describes her, giving her full name, despite the danger of oppression. “Forgive me for giving you over to the army. I think it was my fault,” she says in the interview. Stanislav passed away on March 29, 2019 at the age of just 19, far from his home in Ussuriysk on the Pacific Ocean. Mother Svetlana, for example, describes the harassment her son was subjected to and that his commanders allegedly starved him.

According to the official version, he was killed during target practice, the publication says. However, according to the picture the mother shows on her smartphone, it is said that he was actually hanged from a tree. It alleges that its commanders wanted to cover up harassment of recruits. According to the report of the ZDF magazine „Frontal”, violence against people is the order of the day in the Russian armed forces. It also appears in the relationship between the regular army and Wagner’s mercenaries. (evening)