Russian soldiers carve swastikas on foreheads of Ukrainian captives in horrific war crime

According to a doctor, Russian soldiers have allegedly marked Ukrainian prisoners of war by carving swastikas on their foreheads.

Upon returning to his home country from Russian captivity, a Ukrainian soldier known only as Serhiy was discovered mutilated and suffering from psychological trauma.

Dr. Olexandr Turkevich revealed that he has been providing medical care to Serhiy, who recounted how Russian soldiers had threatened to 'take him apart piece by piece' during his time in their custody, as reported by Daily Mail.

While blindfolded, Serhiy alleges that a Russian soldier said, 'I want your children to know that you're fascist. That's why I am cutting deep,' as he carved the swastika on his face.

Russia asserts that its 'Special Military Operation' in Ukraine is intended as a de-Nazification effort with the aim of safeguarding Russian-controlled territories in the eastern and southern regions.

President Vladimir Putin has directed his armed forces to disseminate propaganda alleging that Ukraine has been engaging in genocide against Russian speakers in the region. The narrative also claims that the Ukrainian government is orchestrated by neo-Nazis influenced by the West, according to reports.

The photographs reveal the type of adversaries Ukrainian men have been confronting on the front lines.

Left without any means to address the gaping wound he had sustained, Serhiy, a prisoner of war was declined any medical assistance. According to Dr. Turkevich, the swastika was carved with a knife and it serves as a 'direct evidence' of genocide committed by the Russians.

He felt 'infinitely proud' of the work he accomplished in removing the Nazi branding from the man's forehead, a carving that they believe to have been done with a knife, according to the reports.

The medical intervention is part of the Neopalymi Aesthetic Medicine initiative, which seeks to assist Ukrainian servicemen who have endured disfiguring injuries or torture during the war.

Currently, two identified Ukrainian soldiers are undergoing treatment for swastika brandings. They have been receiving laser therapy to dull the scarring as much as possible.

Serhiy was taken captive by Russian forces in December of last year in the occupied Donetsk region of Ukraine. He was transported to a processing centre where he underwent two weeks of torture. Confined to a basement without food, he was brought up only to be beaten unconscious, as reported by The Telegraph.

Subsequently, Serhiy was moved to Chechnya, a republic of Russia and was released five months later in a prisoner exchange.

According to The Telegraph, the soldier finds it challenging to discuss his ordeal.

In April of the previous year, a woman was discovered with a Swastika branded on her, as asserted by a Ukrainian Member of Parliament. Lesia Vasylenko, a lawmaker representing the liberal Holos party, posted a picture on Twitter, claiming it depicted the 'tortured body of a raped and killed woman.'

The alarming image displayed a bare torso adorned with bruises, featuring a sizable Swastika symbol that had been burned and scratched into the skin.

Accusations have been leveled against Russia for committing numerous war crimes in its military campaign in Ukraine.

During a gathering in London this March, Ukraine's Prosecutor General, Andriy Kostin, discussed the 'ruthless' assaults and 'atrocities' perpetrated by Russian soldiers against civilians and territories following the issuance of an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin.

The International Criminal Court's 123 member states are now mandated to apprehend and transfer Putin should he step onto their territory.