"Ar*** on fire"

Russian military policeman tortures his own soldiers

The Russian, who was already so badly injured, was further harassed.(Bild: Виталий Бородин)

The scenes are almost unbelievable: In Siberia, a member of the military police from deployment on the front line in Ukraine is said to have beaten wounded Russian contract soldiers with a truncheon and tortured them with a stun gun.

Two Russian soldiers stand terrified against a wall of a police station. A policeman beats an injured man nine times without mercy and tortures him with a stun gun. The Russian collapses, sobbing. Without batting an eyelid, the brute approaches the second soldier. The latter is so badly wounded by the war that he can't even stand.

The man clings desperately to his walking stick. He, too, is not spared a massive beating. "Take off your trousers," the military policeman scolds him in vulgar Russian and finally hits the soldier on the buttocks with a stun gun. "Aaah! That's fun. Is your ass on fire?" the "security guard" taunts him.

Screenshot from the video(Bild: Виталий Бородин)

Soldiers should actually stay in hospital
Russian Telegram channels published a video of this terrible incident. It is likely to be soldiers from the 55th motorized rifle brigade from Tuva, who were supposed to be sent back to the front after being injured, writes the exile medium Medusa.

However, the men had not yet fully recovered in hospital. Accordingly, they had complained that they were being sent back to the war too soon. Instead of mercy, however, they were beaten.

Criminal proceedings have now been initiated against the man for abuse of power. According to the Russian media company RBK, the military policeman has already been arrested and taken into custody.