Ms. Roshchyna, who was captured in 2023 while reporting in occupied territories, died shortly before she was expected to be released
A colleague of Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna holds a photograph of her during an event in honor of Viktoriia's memory at a makeshift memorial for fallen Ukrainian soldiers at Independence Square in Kyiv, on Oct. 11. Ms. Roshchyna disappeared in August last year after travelling to Russian-held east Ukraine on a reporting trip.Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna travelled to areas of her country occupied by Russian troops, determined to report on what was happening.
Her family had received a letter from Russian authorities early October. Ukrainian officials said they are investigating, but her body has yet to be returned., calling her death “either the result of intentional murder or a consequence of the cruel treatment and violence she suffered while in Russian captivity.”Hromadske, where Ms. Roshchyna was a staff reporter for five years,Ms. Kotsira remembers Ms. Roshchyna telling her that she had to stay because there were no other journalists there.
Ms. Kotsira said she and her colleagues worked hard to push for her release and, once she was freed, told her to return to Kyiv after she got some rest at a hotel. But soon after, Ms. Kotsira said, Ms. Roshchyna stopped answering her calls.Ms. Kotsira refused to publish the story and suggested she work as a freelancer instead. She said she understood Ms. Roshchyna’s commitment, but as an editor responsible for her safety, it made her work extremely difficult.
“We were on the way to freeing Viktoriia. And it’s very sad,” he said. “I know her. And it’s very significant and a great big loss for Ukrainian journalism and Ukrainian society. She was very brave.” “She had kind of a specific vision – she wanted to cover occupied territories. It was her mission,” she said.
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