Ukraine Remembers Slain Journalist Tortured In Russian Captivity

Ukrainian journalist who died in Russian captivity buried in Kyiv

Viktoriia Roshchyna, hailed by her editor as ‘the bravest journalist I’ve ever met’, died last year aged 27Viktoriia Roshchyna, the Ukrainian journalist who died in Russian captivity last year, has been buried in Kyiv, in a ceremony attended by relatives and colleagues who paid tribute to her singular professional courage and the importance of her work.Roshchyna was reporting on Russia’s systematic policy of extrajudicial detention and torture i…

Ukraine Remembers Slain Journalist Tortured In Russian Captivity

Slain Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchyna was remembered at a memorial ceremony in Kyiv. The former freelancer for RFE/RL died in Russian captivity in 2024. When the 27-year-old’s body was returned to Ukraine earlier this year, it showed numerous signs of torture and was missing internal organs.