Shocking footage shows the inside of a brutal Russian 'gulag' where disabled and elderly troops are 'chained up like slaves' before Putin sends them off to the frontline. It's the first time the outside world has been seen behind the gates of the hellish military camp, which is packed with 1,plus men and located in the Yurga, Kemerovo region of Siberia.
The freezing cold penal colony is where thousands of fighters are being processed before they are sent to fight, despite being located some 2, miles from the conflict zone in Ukraine. Many are thought to be those who had previously refused to serve, or had sustained injuries earlier in the war. One source told the ASTRA independent media outlet that those held in the camp included people "without fingers", elderly men, and soldiers "on crutches", who are being kept in appalling conditions and regularly beaten.
Describing how the men are carted around like livestock, they said: "They will transport us under escort, like cattle. We have to insulate the wagons at our own expense, they said. Just like in , they transported prisoners - just like that. No way out Some already left in November.
There was the first dispatch to Kursk, some have already been killed. A serviceman's wife meanwhile said: "Last week, the military police beat up a young lad, five against one, thinking they're tough". Another source said: "A comrade from the unit was turned in. The military police took him, pepper-sprayed his face, and beat him.
Some are held in tents, and while offenders are kept in a bunker and a concrete floor "without food or water". Another source said: "The Inquisition used to burn dissidents at the stake, and now they are taken to [the front]. They tell us directly that we are [facing the end], and many of those from this unit are already [missing in action].
