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<p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/more-russian-military-dismissals-expected-after-putins-apparent-firing-of-top-commander-british-intel-says">Russian authorities</a> are launching an investigation into the alleged <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/abused-russian-troops-in-donetsk-relocated-after-leaking-beatings-by-ukrainian-allies">abuse of soldiers</a> from the North Caucasus republic of North Ossetia, who were deployed to Ukraine in a regiment in <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/booby-traps-and-destruction-in-kherson-ukraine-after-russian-armys">Kherson.</a></p>
<p>The investigation stems from a <a href="https://t.me/borisovna_15_07/219">video</a> circulating online that shows a commander kicking a kneeling Russian soldier, while two male voices berate him. The soldier can be seen wiping blood from his face.</p>
<p>North Ossetian officials had requested that military prosecutors investigate the behavior, according to a <a href="https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/04/10/commanders-kick-and-belittle-conscript-in-violent-video-north-ossetian-officials-call-for-investigation">Meduza report</a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/video-of-russian-soldier-brutally-beaten-by-commander-in-kherson-ukraine-spurs-probe">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->
REUTERS/Lisi Niesner
Russian authorities are launching an investigation into the alleged abuse of soldiers from the North Caucasus republic of North Ossetia, who were deployed to Ukraine in a regiment in Kherson.
The investigation stems from a video circulating online that shows a commander kicking a kneeling Russian soldier, while two male voices berate him. The soldier can be seen wiping blood from his face.
North Ossetian officials had requested that military prosecutors investigate the behavior, according to a Meduza report.
