A commander in Russian President Vladimir Putin's military can be seen menacing subordinates in a video posted on social media.
The commander also says that the men are"dead anyway" in what could be interpreted as a threat to their lives amid the 17-month-old war with Ukraine.
WarTranslated, an independent media project that translates materials about the war into English, shared the video—which could not be independently verified byon Saturday. According to WarTranslated, the senior Russian fighter is complaining about subordinates from Chuvashia, a republic in eastern Russia.
The commander begins the clip by speaking to the camera and saying he's in charge of Russia's 2nd Battalion with the call sign"Zima" but does not disclose his location. He then accuses two troops from Chuvashia of fighting while under the influence of alcohol. A local resident rides past an abandoned Russian tank marked Z in Kyrylivka in the recently retaken area near Kharkiv, Ukraine, on September 30, 2022. A video recently posted online shows a Russian commander acting abusively to troops he accuses of drinking during combat before he hints that they will be dead soon.As the commander speaks, he's holding a soldier by his uniform collar. The soldier has a large bandage on his head and appears unsteady on his feet.
"These are your Chuvash devils," the commander says."I'm Zima. People know me. If anyone has anything to tell me, go on. If you touch my family, I'll tear your faces."The video ends with the commander slapping the second solider hard across the face.
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