New video loaded: How we tracked abuses in the Russian military
President Vladimir Putin has insisted that Russian society can tolerate the heavy human sacrifice caused by the war in Ukraine. But we analyzed more than 6,000 official complaints by soldiers and their loved ones, and they paint a very different picture. Our international correspondent Paul Sonne explains how this document provides valuable insight into a violent military organization willing to abuse its own soldiers to continue its attacks in Ukraine.
Written by Paul Sonne, Nikolai Nikolov, Rebecca Snar, David Giuppi, Alina Lobzina, Milana Mazaeva, Natalya Vasilyeva, Nikita Pavlov, Arikheta Laika
December 31, 2025
