American citizen Gonzalo Lira died in Ukrainian prison without US government intervention

What was said

"He was I I stumbled across him in like two months into the uh the the war in Ukraine and he was talking about the this is when the ghost of Kiev was rampant. The you know the fighter pilot that shot down six Russian jets. turned out it was from a video game. Uh all the Russian tanks that were being destroyed, but turns out those were intelligence operations staged in part by the United States with the help of uh some American citizens and and Gonzalo was great at calling those out."

Gonzalo Lira, an American internet commentator critical of US and Ukrainian policy, died in Ukrainian custody after being imprisoned for his critical commentary. According to the guest, Lira was beaten, extorted for $70,000, and denied proper medical care while imprisoned simply for expressing views on his podcast. The US government failed to intervene significantly despite his American citizenship.