Disturbing footage

Ukrainian soldiers allegedly caught on camera abusing civilians

Video, reportedly filmed in Dnepr, shows men in Ukrainian military uniforms dragging several others to the ground and administering severe beatings. They then bind the hands of the men and line them up against a wall to receive a second round of punishment.

One man was also reportedly stripped naked and humiliated. The soldiers appear to have filmed the incident themselves.

The mayor of Dnepr has justified the brutality, claiming that the detained men were local 'crime bosses' and that they had been attacking the local militia. He even went as far as to praise the footage, claiming that it would act as a warning to 'every looter, criminal and degenerate