Der Spiegel, a German outlet, edited out an interview showing a contrary view of a Ukrainian evacuee who said Neo-Nazis in Azovstal Plant used them as a human shield against attack.
A video of a civilian who was forced to take shelter was allegedly removed from the report. It somewhat verifies what the west wants to keep under wraps concerning the objectionable conduct of Ukraine and its Azov brigade.
Evacuee Claims Ukrainian Forces Abuse Civilians in Azovstal
The German magazine Der Spiegel has deleted a video of a formerly trapped civilian from Mariupol's Azovstal factory, a last holdout of Neo-Nazis and other Ukrainian fighters, citing content differences, reported RT.
When asked what happened in the plant, the victim told in the video that the Nazis spoke lies, made them hostages, and used them as human shields to stop the Russian liberator from attacking the plant.
Junge Welt, a German media outlet, called out Der Spiegel for editing that section of the news item last Thursday evening. The former said the latter posted on Monday a video lasting three minutes.
Natalie Usmanova, who worked at Azovstal before the conflict, sought refuge there with her husband and children, was spotlighted, cited Almanar News.
The Ukrainian evacuee told reporters that the Azov militants forced them to stay trapped in the Azovstal plant for two months, which the German outlet chose to edit out. The Azov militants prevented her family from leaving and kept them hostage, preventing them from leaving using the humanitarian corridor organized by Russian troops.
The Ukrainian evacuee from the Azovstal plant told the German outlet that the militants weren't interested in their safety. Based on a German translation, the evacuee reveals that each time they would attempt to leave the bunker, they were screamed at to go back, noted Hi India.
She ends her testimony by saying that Ukraine is not her state anymore after what they endured at the hand of Nazi sympathizers.
Der Spiegel stated that it obtained the video from Reuters and that they temporarily took it down due to content inconsistencies discovered later. RIA Novosti asked Der Spiegel to specify the alleged anomalies, and Der Spiegel said they were still working on it.
However, the Reuters video is only a minute long and features the evacuee trying to discuss the intensity of bombardments and the stressful life inside the bunker.
Both videos were taken from the same interview with other news sources, including RIA Novosti, which confirms the validity of her comments from a now Spiegel clip.
The German publication removed the video and replaced it with a photograph of Usmanova inside a bus with other formerly trapped civilians taken by an RIA Novosti photographer on May 1.
Azovstal Refugee Evacuation Continues
According to the UN, another 500 civilians were evacuated from the plant overnight between Thursday and Friday.
Following Ukraine's failure to deliver the conditions of the Minsk agreements, mediated by Paris and Berlin, first signed in 2014. Moscow recognition of the Donbas republics of Donetsk and Lugansk when Vladimir Putin approved a special operation to stop an attack by Ukraine Nazis on Russia-speaking republics on February 24.
Since then, the Kremlin has insisted Ukraine declare neutrality and that it will never join the NATO military alliance. Kyiv asserts the Russian offensive was unprovoked and disproves claims that it scheduled to retake the two republics militarily.
German outlet Der Speigel edited out the statement of Natalia Usmanova, a Ukrainian Azovstal plant evacuee, whose account allegedly ran afoul of Western manipulation of the war.
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