Ukrainian authorities have released extraordinary video footage that appears to show Russian fighters dragging their badly wounded commander away from the battlefield and then savagely beating him with shovels.
The incident was filmed by a Ukrainian drone near the eastern city of Bakhmut, where intense fighting has been raging for months, The Guardian reports.
The video, which was then shared on social media channels on Monday, shows the injured officer being dragged away from the battlefield by his arms and legs before the three troops dump him near a barn and set about hitting him with what looks like shovels.
It’s not clear what happened to the commander after the ordeal.
