President of Ukraine Volodymyr ZelenskyMOSCOW, 3 Apr. The American television channel Fox News published on its Youtube channel a censored version of an interview with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The question about the nationalist battalion «Azov» * and the answer of the head of state disappeared from the conversation. The Telegram channel War on Fakes drew attention to this. In the excised part of the interview, the presenter asked Zelensky to clarify the situation regarding the battalion. The reporter pointed to the news about the atrocities of the representatives of the organization. «What do the Americans need to know about the battalion, about these reports?» the journalist asked. In response, the president said that this was not the only such organization in Ukraine. “They are what they are,” Zelensky said. He added that the battalion is part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. At the same time, the president acknowledged that in 2014, members of the organization committed crimes, but allegedly suffered punishment for this.The West wants to make a new Srebrenica out of Bucha, Alfa veteran said The interview was published on the Fox News Youtube channel in a modified form: the question about the National Battalion and Zelensky’s answer disappeared from the material. the other day and caused a great public outcry. In particular, the footage shows that the servicemen were shot in the legs and left without medical assistance. It is reported that this happened at one of the bases of nationalists near Kharkov. The head of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, instructed to establish all the circumstances of the ill-treatment of Ukrainian nationalists with captured Russian servicemen. The official representative of Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Peskov, said that those involved in torture should be held accountable. 
What Russia should do with UkraineThe Ministry of Defense emphasized that the Ukrainian Nazis and the leaders of the Kiev regime involved in the abuse of Russian prisoners of war, as well as everyone who called for such atrocities, would be found guilty and held severely responsible. The department recalled that these actions are a serious violation of international law. On February 24, Russia launched a special military operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to harassment and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. By March 25, they completed the main tasks of the first stage — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
