Svyridenko announced the launch of payments to relatives of journalists killed by Russians

The government begins payments in the event of the death or injury of journalists in the course of their professional duties, the decision provides one-time assistance through the State Committee for Television and Radio.

Source: Prime Minister Yulia Svyridenko

Details: This program is provided for in the state budget for 2026.

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As reported, persh payment will carry out to the father of journalist Victoria Roschyna, who died in Russian captivity.

Svyridenko’s direct speech: “For the Ukrainian state, this is a matter of justice for those who selflessly searched for the truth, documented the facts of Russian crimes and lost their lives because of it.

INsince the start of the full-scale invasion, Russia has killed 21 journalists in the line of duty, including Ukrainians and foreigners“.

Know more: Project “Victoria”. The story of captivity and torture experienced by journalist Roshchyna and thousands of Ukrainians imprisoned by Russia

Prehistory:

• In 2022, Roshchyna wrote a number of reports from the temporarily occupied territories for UP. In particular, about how the occupied Crimea lives during the war, as a pseudo-referendum was held in occupied Donetsk regionand showed a photo report from the destroyed Mariupol.
• Roschyna disappeared On August 3, 2023, in the territory occupied by Russia, from where she was reporting.
• Russia dragged on return of the journalist’s body: it was managed to be repatriated only in February 2025.
• The Prosecutor General’s Office reported that numerous marks were found on Roschyna’s body torture and cruel treatment: sores, hemorrhages, a broken rib, signs of the use of electric current.

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