Captured medic’s bodycam footage shows first-hand horror of Mariupol

Yuliia Paievska, known as Taira, looks in the mirror and turns off her camera in Mariupol, Ukraine (Yuliia Paievska via AP)

A celebrated Ukrainian medic who recorded her time in Mariupol on a data card no bigger than a thumbnail, which was smuggled out to the world in a tampon, is now in Russian hands at a time when the city itself is on the verge of falling.

Yuliia Paievska is known in Ukraine as Taira, a moniker from the nickname she chose in the World Of Warcraft video game.