“The European Commission stated that the latest details of how Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna was killed in Russian captivity is another proof of the rigidity of the Russian system and evidence that occupation is a deadly threat to Ukrainians.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: “European Truth”, European Commission spokeswoman Anita Hipper at a daily briefing on April 30
Details: Gipper commented on the investigation of journalists, which gathered everything that managed to learn about the torture and death of a freelance author of “Ukrainian Truth” Victoria Roshchina in the Russian captivity.
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“Russia does not lose any opportunity to demonstrate its disgusting cruelty against Ukrainians, killing and torturing how it happened to Victoria Roshchina, a brave Ukrainian journalist, who was not only cruelly killed but also tortured. It also clearly shows that life under Russian occupation is not a safety.”
“Journalists will always remember her courage, and we have to do everything possible to make Russia responsible for all war crimes and atrocities committed,” she said.
Read on “Ukrainian Truth” The history of captivity and torture that survived Victoria Roshchyna and thousands of Russian prisoners.
Read the texts Victoria Roshina on the UP
Read also: In Memoriam: Journalist Victoria Roshchi, which was all but indifference
Prehistory:
- In order to get into the occupied territory for future material, Victoria Roshchyna left Ukraine to Poland on July 25, 2023. She planned to reach the occupied East of Ukraine through Russia in 3 days.
- Roshchyna disappeared on August 3, 2023 in the territory occupied by Russia, where she made a report.
- In May 2024, Russia for the first time acknowledged that she had detained Roshchina. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation sent a letter confirming her father, Vladimir Rochina.