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It was reported in the news that the civilians evacuated told reporters that Azov soldiers stopped them leaving the steel factory during cease fire….using them as human shields? They also check if the civilians have Russian flags at home and punished them.

An 87-year-old Ukrainian woman who survived the Holocaust and Nazi siege of Leningrad says the destruction of Mariupol by Russian is worse than what she experienced during World War II. 

Elvira Borts and her 94-year-old husband endured a month of constant shelling before being able to escape the besieged Mariupol port city. 

Borts' interview with RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service was the last story produced by journalist Vira before she was killed, April 28 on her apartment building in Kyiv.