Better photo available here: https://english.nv.ua/russian-war/ukraine-begins-treating-soldier-scarred-with-glory-to-russia-phrase-from-russian-captivity-50522497.html

The words, written in Russian, were branded into the right side of the body alongside the letter “Z,” a symbol of the full-scale invasion that many Ukrainians and critics of the war liken to the Nazi swastika.

According to the United Nations, more than 95% of freed Ukrainian POWs have said they were tortured during their captivity. Survivors have recounted harrowing treatment, including being brutally beaten, electrocuted, and forced to endure painful stress positions.
Many have faced mock executions, threats of rape or death, and were denied basic medical care. Some were left without food, locked in isolation for weeks, or permanently marked with burns or scars.

For Turkevych and his team, seeing the scars left by Russian captivity on Ukrainian POWs has become a routine part of their work.

[…] Turkevych and his team have treated several released defenders bearing swastika-shaped scars, some even on their foreheads […]

  • catloaf@lemm.ee
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    That kind of othering is exactly how they justify their own genocide.

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      I think that might be a misreading, they have no humanity in deed, not in essence. They weren’t born subhuman, they are choosing to be.

      I’m not going to give the genociders the benefit of the doubt, at least.

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        And the incredible thing is, they could CHOOSE to be human again. At any time. They could just willfully have their humanity back and not be subject to such repercussions.

        But they won’t.

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        The solution to genocide is not a bigger genocide.

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          The solution to genocide is not wasting your clearly quite valuable time attempting to twist random internet comments into something you can argue about.