AP releases video from paramedic Taira's body cam, who handed over footage the day before

20.05.2022, 11:27 en.hromadske.ua

The Associated Press released a video from the action camera of Yulia Payevska (better known as"Taira"), who was rescuing people in Mariupol and is currently in Russian captivity. She managed to pass the footage to journalists the day before the abduction. According to the AP, during the first two weeks of the war, she shot 256 gigabytes of video. On March 15, she handed over the recordings to a police officer, who had in turn given the memory card to Associated Press journalists, the last reporters in Mariupol at the time and who were about to leave the city. The card was taken out through 15 Russian checkpoints in a tampon. In the video, Taira helps civilians and the military, shows the consequences of Russian military strikes on Mariupol. For example, she documented how the Russian military are taken prisoner. Asked by locals if she would treat the prisoners, she said: "I can't do otherwise. They are prisoners of war."