Sickening new allegations claim Russian soldiers are being beaten, electrocuted and even mutilated by their own commanders before being dispatched on near-suicidal assaults. Disturbing footage circulating online shows troops apparently tied to trees with adhesive tape. Reports of Russian commanders imprisoning soldiers in pits or basements, beating alleged refuseniks and sending poorly equipped punishment units into assaults have circulated repeatedly during the war, highlighting allegations of brutality within Putin's forces. But similar footage has emerged throughout the war, with previous videos appearing to show Russian commanders subjecting their own troops to brutal punishments on the frontlines. In March, harrowing footage compiled by the Daily Mail revealed the sadistic treatment Putin's soldiers are enduring in Ukraine.