‘Our captors electrocuted us – and they liked the job’ - what life was like for two American POWs captured by Russia
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 25 October 2022
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Day 244. Today, we talk about the latest tactical updates from the front, look at the debate in the Democratic Party in the United States on the country’s support for Ukraine, and we hear the shocking account of life in Russian captivity from Colin Freeman who interviewed two recently released American volunteers, who were captured by Russian forces.
Today's episode contains descriptions of torture.
Read Colin's interview here: ‘Our Russian captors electrocuted us – and they liked the job’
Contributors:
David Knowles (Host). Follow David on Twitter @djknowles22.
Dom Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). Follow Dom on Twitter @DomNicholls.
Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). Follow Francis on Twitter @FrancisDearnley.
Colin Freeman (Freelance Journalist). Follow Colin on Twitter @colinfreeman99.
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:03.2 | Podcasts. |
| 0:09.4 | I'm David Knowles, and this is Ukraine, the latest. |
| 0:14.0 | Today, we talk about the latest tactical updates from the front. |
| 0:17.8 | Look at the debate in the Democratic Party in the US |
| 0:20.3 | on the country's support for Ukraine, |
| 0:22.2 | and we hear the shocking account of life in Russian captivity |
| 0:25.0 | from Colin Freeman, who interviewed two recently released American volunteers |
| 0:29.3 | who have been captured by Russian forces. |
| 0:35.8 | This hideous and barbaric venture of Vladimir Putin must end in favor. |
| 0:41.9 | Ukraine can win, Ukraine must win, and Ukraine will win. |
| 0:47.7 | Nobody's gonna break us. We're strong. We're Ukrainians. |
| 0:53.6 | Every week day afternoon, we sit down with leading journalists |
| 0:56.0 | from the Telegraph's London newsroom, |
| 0:57.8 | and our team is reporting on the ground to bring you the latest news |
| 1:00.8 | and analysis on the war in Ukraine. |
| 1:03.6 | It's Tuesday, the 25th of October, day 244. |
| 1:08.7 | And today, I'm joined by associate editor Dominic Nichols, |
| 1:11.7 | assistant comment editor Frances Dernley, |
| 1:14.0 | and freelance journalist Colin Freeman. |
| 1:17.2 | I started by asking Don for the latest news from Ukraine. |
| 1:21.4 | Well, hi, David. Hi, everybody. |
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