Footage from Yuliia Paievska was smuggled out of city in a tampon before her capture by Russian soldiers

Ukraine over the weekend hailed the release of a celebrated medic whose footage was smuggled out of the besieged city of Mariupol by a team of journalists in a tampon in mid-March.

“I always believed that everything would be exactly this, and everyone who is now on the other side, they know everything will work out,” Yuliia Paievska said in a video address on Saturday in which she thanked the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, for her release.

Continue reading…

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

You May Also Like

Two men charged in connection with deaths of five people in Channel

Yien Both, from South Sudan, and Tajdeen Adbulaziz Juma, from Sudan, charged…

The Ashes 2023: England v Australia, fourth Test, day three – live

Live cricket updates from Old Trafford (11am BST/8pm AEST) Sign up for…

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 504 of the invasion

Zelenskiy fails to secure formal Nato invitation; woman killed in Russian shelling…

‘We are not on course’: scientists warn action must match words at Cop26

Climate experts say their message is getting through but more urgent work…