Russian doctors Yury Kuznetsov and Andrei Kryachko from Krasnodar allegedly burned the words 'Glory to Russia' and the letter Z onto the body of Ukrainian POW Andrii Pereverziev during an operation at the Donetsk Clinical Territorial Medical Association.
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Doctors from Russia's Krasnodar – Yury Kuznetsov and Andrei Kryachko – may have been involved in burning the words 'Glory to Russia' onto the skin of Ukrainian serviceman Andrii Pereverziev while he was in Russian captivity.
Russia is attacking hard in the east, with the destroyed town of Maryinka near Donetsk the latest hotspot
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