Russian commander ties soldiers to trees in the snow as brutal punishment

A Russian frontline commander was seen stripping 'idiots, alcoholics and cowards' sent to fight in Ukraine and tying them to trees in the snow as brutal punishment for leaving their posts. Video footage shows half-naked soldiers taped to trees in subzero temperatures with snow on the ground. Signs are hung on their necks reading: '****ing idiot', 'Alcoholic', and 'Coward'. Another reads: 'I complained about the commander'. The foul-mouthed commander is seen hitting out at the 'degenerates' Putin is now sending to the frontline, accusing them of refusing to fight in Russia's meat grinder war.