Kyiv says Ukrainian reporter Victoria Roshchyna died in Russian detention
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The award-winning freelance journalist was known for her reporting on life in Russian-occupied Ukraine.
An award-winning Ukrainian journalist who wrote firsthand accounts of life in Russian-occupied Ukraine has died in detention in Russia.
Victoria Roshchyna, who was 27, worked freelance for Ukrainian media outlets Ukrainska Pravda and Hromadske Radio, as well as for US-funded Radio Liberty.
She went missing in August last year after she travelled to Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine on a reporting trip.
Russia’s Ministry of Defence acknowledged in a letter to her father in May that she was in Russian custody.
“Unfortunately, information about Victoria’s death has been confirmed,” Petro Yatsenko, a spokesperson for Ukraine’s prisoners of war coordination headquarters, told Ukrainian television.
