After they beat Azat Azatyan so bad blood came out of his ears; after they sent electric shocks up his genitals; after they wacked him with pipes and truncheons, the Russians began to interrogate him about his faith.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine is accompanied by a strategic effort to crush religious groups outside of the Moscow Patriarchate, with numerous cases of clergy killings, interrogations, and worship destruction.
Evangelicals are disproportionately targeted in occupied Ukraine, with 34% of persecution events affecting Protestants. Baptists, like Azat, constitute 13% of victims in the Zaporizhzhia region.
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