Newly surfaced videos appear to show Russian military commanders beating and humiliating their own soldiers, a pattern of internal abuse that continues even as Ukrainian forces claim significant territorial gains in the Donetsk region. Three separate clips, reported by The Sun, depict Russian soldiers subjected to physical punishment by their own commanders. In the first, […] The post Videos show Russian troops brutalizing their own soldiers as Ukraine presses forward in Donetsk appeared first on American Almanac .
Newly surfaced videos appear to show Russian military commanders beating and humiliating their own soldiers, a pattern of internal abuse that continues even as Ukrainian forces claim significant territorial gains in the Donetsk region. Three separate clips, reported by The Sun , depict Russian soldiers subjected to physical punishment by their own commanders. In the first, a soldier described as Belarusian hangs upside down from a tree while a commander strikes him with a stick. Reports suggest the soldier may have refused to fight, an act that under Russian military law can be treated as a capital offense. The commander addresses the soldier with a derogatory ethnic slur and warns him directly. "I'll make mashed potatoes of you. You get…Open
CNN gained rare access inside Israeli-occupied south Lebanon, where predominantly Shia Muslim towns and homes have been reduced to rubble. Three Christian villages have been spared Israel's demolition policy, but their residents are cut off from the rest of the country. CNN’s Jeremy Diamond explores the contrasting realities in southern Lebanon. Stream the full report on the CNN app.
The key to Lebanon's future is in the south. For decades, southern Lebanon has been a bastion of Hezbollah support. Much of the region is now under Israeli occupation and dozens of villages lie in ruins. The Lebanese government is now trying to reclaim sovereignty over its own territory — from both Israel and Hezbollah. CNN’s Jeremy Diamond explores Lebanon’s potential path forward. Stream the full report on the CNN app.
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Eighteen service members have been killed since the U.S. war with Iran began in late February — including in hostile and non-hostile action — and more than 800 have been injured, the DCAS database said as of Friday.
Officials who spoke with The Post expressed frustration that the additional loss of life in the Middle East is not reflected in the Defense Department’s casualty database.
