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A video shows fighters from Russia's Storm-Z squad explaining they will no longer fight in Ukraine, in protest at treatment by their commanders, on June 28.
  • Russian soldiers are facing brutal punishments on the Ukraine front line, outlet Verstka reported.
  • Soldiers claim that convict soldiers abuse their comrades while commanders stay away from the front.
  • The outlet published videos appearing to show naked soldiers being beaten and others tied to trees.

Russian soldiers are subjected to brutal extrajudicial punishments on the front line in Ukraine, including being tied to trees for days, being forced to rape each other, and being thrown in pits naked, according to a shocking article from the independent Russian news outlet Verstka.