On the fourth anniversary of the full-scale invasion I stream a long program built from four years of my own filming in Ukraine, opening with Ukrainian music and street performers from Kyiv. The stream started late after a power cut.
The first interview is with an American volunteer who was captured by Russian forces and later released; he describes how he was taken, how Russian officers treated prisoners, and the US government's contact with his family. A researcher from the human rights group ZMINA then explains its work documenting torture, enforced disappearances and illegal detention in occupied territory, including figures on interrogation torture.
Later segments include Kherson residents who lived under occupation, a Defender rally at which families of Azovstal and Marine prisoners spoke, the story of two brothers from Berdyansk home for Christmas after three and a half years of captivity, and a preview of next week's guests.
Chapters
0:00 Opening and power back on
4:32 Welcome and plan for the night
12:08 Ukrainian music and street performers
15:52 Interview with a former American POW
20:17 Capture and separation from his teammate
26:17 Conditions and treatment in captivity
34:55 Release and US government contact
50:12 ZMINA on documenting war crimes in occupied territory
59:22 Detention centers and family members of defenders
1:07:58 Torture of interviewed prisoners
1:24:40 Music break
1:25:36 Kherson survivors and the road out of occupation
2:08:10 Guests so far on The Wire Tap
2:15:04 The Defender rally at St. Michael's
2:29:35 Last rally before the release
2:42:08 Two brothers from Berdyansk home for Christmas
3:09:09 Families who waited three years
3:26:45 Mothers of Marines ask for answers
3:35:49 A former prisoner describes beatings
3:51:30 Welcome home, a musician returns
4:09:45 Propaganda and foreign volunteers
4:14:56 Three days of captivity stories on one stage
4:30:39 Prisoner exchange and calls from families
4:38:14 Next guests and what's coming
Watch on YouTube: Four Years of Full-Scale War: Former POW, ZMINA Findings, Kherson Survivors, Captives' Families
