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An opposition activist kidnapped and brutally tortured, Dmytro Bulatov has come to symbolize the protests in Ukraine. Now he is to receive treatment for his injuries in the West.

A young man with a bloody face, his entire left cheek covered in dark blood. He lifts up his jumper, revealing a big, brown bruise, across his chest and abdomen. There is also blood on his hands. These are the types of pictures we see regularly coming from Iraq or Syria, but not out of Ukraine.

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