YouTube removes Graham Phillips' 'grotesque' video of the questioning of captured Newark soldier Aiden Aslin

YouTube has taken down a video of the questioning of Newark soldier Aiden Aslin by a pro-Kremlin blogger.

The video appeared to be more of a rehearsed interrogation of a handcuffed Aiden, 28, than a piece of journalism.

Google said it had removed the video after reviewing a privacy complaint.

It is against the rules of the Geneva Convention to exploit prisoners of war.

Aiden, a serving member of the Ukrainian Marines for four years, was captured in the besieged city of Mariupol ten days ago and has been paraded on Russian state television as well as in Graham Phillips' 45-minute video that filmed in Donetsk where he is captive.

Blogger Phillips, from Nottingham, a former civil servant, claimed his 'interview' was not coerced nor a breach of the Geneva Convention and adhered to YouTube's policies.

However, it was a different story this afternoon after a Google review.

Google said: "The video in question has been removed after we received a valid privacy complaint.”

Earlier in the day Google made it so Phillips couldn't make money from the footage as his videos from the region allow viewers to contribute to the cost of his 'work.'

Google said: "We have indefinitely suspended monetisation on Graham Phillips’ channel for violating our Creator Responsibility policy. If we see that a creator’s on- or off-platform behaviour harms our users, community, employees or ecosystem, we take action to protect the community."

There have been calls for Phillips, who boasts of being awarded medals by Russia for his reporting, to be tried for war crimes for the video and other alleged offences and be stripped of his British passport should he return to the UK, which, he said earlier in the week, he intended to do and was looking forward to being back in Nottingham.

Newark MP Robert Jenrick tore into Phillips at Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday having previously described the video as grotesque.

Phillips, who retaliated against Mr Jenrick on his social media, has bemoaned the decision to take the video down in an online post saying the platform was not what it used to be, adding that he'd look at his options of where to upload his videos in future.

Aiden's mum Ang has made it her mission to ensure that the video cannot be seen and that Phillips makes no money from the imprisonment of her son and complained to the online platform.

She said she was happy with YouTube's decision, but disappointed it still remained accessible on Facebook.

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