Putin’s troops tie each other half-naked to trees as they 'treat one another like animals'

The barbarism and ill-discipline of Putin’s troops has been revealed in shocking new footage (Image: Getty)

The barbarism and ill-discipline of Vladimir Putin’s troops have been revealed in shocking new footage, showing two Russian soldiers taped to trees in bitter sub-zero temperatures on the front line. The pair - one seen only wearing underwear, the other with long-sleeved shorts and underwear - are clearly shaking from the cold as they suffer the hellish punishment.

The quivering fighters were apparently accused of stealing drugs from their commander, whose callsign is Gadyuka. Ukrainian military analyst and blogger Yuriy Butusov said the footage shows a “field tribunal of the [Russian] pig army, where they are trained to treat one another like animals, so that later they will treat all other people like animals”. Reports say drugs are widespread among Putin’s fighters, who are forced into cannon fodder assaults, and brutal punishments are also common.

The footage shows two Russian soldiers taped to trees in bitter sub-zero temperatures (Image: social media / east2west news)

The tethered men are told: “Stand there and freeze!”

The fate of the two men remains unknown. The location of the Russian-on-Russian torture is also not clear, and it may have been recorded earlier in the winter.

Further horrifying footage has emerged from Putin's Russia this week (Image: Getty)

“Both men are shaking as they are clearly dead cold,” said Butusov. “Their [arms] look bluish.”

They had been tied up in the cold for a while by the time the footage was recorded, he added.