Ukrainian Journalist Vikotoriia Roschchyna's Death in Russian Custody Reveals Torture and Organ Removal
- Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna died while held in a Russian prison during September 2024.
- She disappeared in August 2023 while reporting from occupied Ukrainian territories.
- Reports indicate she spent time in known torture facilities in occupied Ukraine and Russia.
- Ukrainian prosecutors found "numerous signs of torture and ill-treatment," Yuriy Belousov stated.
- Her body returned in February 2025 missing several organs, hindering cause of death determination.
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Viktoriya was captured in Russia: Came home without eyes and brain
When Ukrainian journalist Viktoriya Roshchyna set off on her fourth reporting trip to the Russian-controlled parts of Ukraine in the summer of 2023, she was the last Ukrainian journalist to dare to cross the front line.
Russia returns the body of a Ukrainian journalist she arrested in 2023: she has signs of torture and lacks some organs
The case of Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna, who disappeared in August 2023, has shocked Ukraine after the Kremlin authorities have returned her body in conditions that point to a death under torture, although the circumstances are still to be clarified.According to an investigation published by CNN, the reporter's body, 27 years old, presents serious injuries, a fracture in the ribs, possible burns from electric shocks and the lack of o…
Organs missing, traces of electric shocks: The horrifying tale of Viktoriia Roshchyna, the Ukrainian journalist who died in Russian custody
Viktoriia Roshchyna, a Ukrainian journalist, went on a reporting mission in 2023 in Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia. However, the 27-year-old was caught by Russians and was kept in one of the most brutal detention centres, where she was reportedly tortured. When Roshchyna’s body was repatriated to Ukraine in February it bore ‘numerous signs of torture’
Russia returns Ukrainian journalist's body 'with signs of torture', report says
Warning: article contains details some readers may find distressing Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna’s body has been returned with organs removed, according to a new report into her death. The 27-year-old was captured in 2023 after she travelled to Zaporizhzhia in eastern Ukraine, which is occupied by Russia. Nonprofit organisation Forbidden Stories reports that she travelled to the region to report on Russian forces’ illegal detention o…
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