Terrifying footage captured the painful show of support as the shirtless man was branded by the hot iron. In the video, the man braced himself by leaning back against a piece of scrap metal, closing his eyes and holding onto his legs. The letter 'Z', which was branded onto him, has become a sinister symbol marking support for Russia's invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n
The video comes after a Ukrainian prisoner of war was mutilated and brutally murdered by Russian soldiers.<\/p>\n
Ukrainian MP Inna Sovsun shared a now-deleted video on Twitter of the prisoner's genitals being cut off.<\/p>\n
She wrote: \"Russian soldier from Chechen battalion Ahmat cut off the genitals of Ukrainian POW.<\/p>\n
\"This is what Nazis are doing to Ukrainians.<\/p>\n
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\"Russia has to pay for it!<\/p>\n
\"Give Ukraine the weapons we need to stop this nightmare once and for all. The world can't pretend like this isn't happening!\"<\/p>\n
She later revealed that her account was banned by Twitter for the distressing content.<\/p>\n
Ms Sovsun wrote: \"witter banned my profile today. Because I posted a video where a Russian soldier castrates a Ukrainian POW.<\/p>\n
\"Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba calls on the international community to condemn the brutal violation of international law by the Russian Federation and to immediately recognize Russia as a terrorist state<\/p>\n
\"He emphasised that any delay in this decision will only encourage Russia to commit further crimes and inhumane acts.\"<\/p>\n
Russia has been accused of committing thousands of war crimes since their invasion of Ukraine on February 24.<\/p>\n
The International Criminal Court has described Ukraine as a \"crime scene\", sending its largest ever team to investigate.<\/p>\n
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