Ukraine-Russia war latest: Moscow vows to retaliate against US after missile attack on Crimea | World News

A video appearing to show a wounded Russian soldier being shot dead by another Russian soldier shows the “brutal culture” of Moscow’s armed forces, says a US-based thinktank.

Footage shared widely on social media over the weekend shows a Russian soldier injured by a drone strike, motioning to another solider for help.

Instead, the other solider kills the wounded solider with a gunshot fired at point blank range.

He does this instead of attempting to check the soldier’s injury, attempting treatment, taking his identification tags, or attempting a casualty evacuation, said the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

“The attempted or deliberate killing of a fellow soldier is unprofessional, and ISW has observed instances of Russian fragging (the deliberate killing of supervisors) and other anecdotes demonstrative of a callous disregard for the lives of Russia’s own soldiers throughout the war thus far, both within Russia and amongst Russian troops on the battlefield,” it said in its latest assessment.

“Fragging is generally indicative of extremely poor discipline amongst troops, a disconnect between tactical level commanders and their subordinates, as well as a blatant disregard for human life.”

Sky News has not verified the authenticity of the video.