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submitted 8 months ago by Stamau123@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

A Ukrainian soldier named Serhiy, returning from Russian captivity, has reportedly been found mutilated with swastikas carved into his forehead, as disclosed by Dr. Olexandr Turkevich, who is treating him.

The soldier, blindfolded during the ordeal, claimed Russian soldiers threatened to dismember him, citing accusations of fascism.

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[-] ZosoRocks3@lemmy.world 34 points 8 months ago

Is there an actual history of this sort of thing or is it only from Inglorious Basterds?

[-] sir_pronoun@lemmy.world 16 points 8 months ago

That movie makes it feel like a timeless tradition, doesn't it?

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago

I've never seen it anywhere but in that movie (not a historian fwiw). So I'm fairly confident that it's just the Russians being their usual asshole selves.

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