Easy Ukrainian journalists returned with torture traces and missing organs
Easy Ukrainian journalists returned with torture traces and missing organs
The body of a young Ukrainian woman who Trained for months of isolation to Ukraine. According to Ukrainian prosecutors, the body shows signs of torture. The remains of the journalist Victoria Roshchyna, who was missing during a report, were returned in February as part of an exchange of corpses between Ukraine and Russia.
torture and abuse determined
Yuriy Belousov, head of the Department of War Crimes by the General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine, said that "numerous signs of torture and abuse" were found during a forensic investigation. This includes abrasions and bruises on different parts of the body, a broken ribben and possible traces of electric shocks. Belousov found that the experts showed that the injuries were suffered while Roshchyna was still alive.
The cruel reality in Russian prisons
Russia is known to use electric shocks as a torture method against detained Ukrainians, and the widespread use of this practice has already been documented . Belousov continued to report that repeated DNA analyzes confirmed that the body belonged to Roshchynas, even though it came back from Russia as a "unknown male body". He added that the condition of the body made it impossible to determine the cause of death, but emphasized that Ukraine works with international forensic experts to obtain further information.
unusual circumstances of death
The colleagues from Roshchyna near Ukrainska Pravda reported that their body was returned with missing organs. Members of the investigation team, which dealt with their remains, stated that the brain, the eyes and part of the trachea were missing. This could have been an attempt by Russia to disguise the cause of death.
has been missing since August 2023
Roshchyna was missing in August 2023. Her colleagues reported that the journalist traveled to an area of Ukraine occupied by Russia - a dangerous step for every Ukrainian. The journalist Evgeniya Motorevskaya, who worked as a former editor -in -chief of Hromadske with Roshchyna, said that the young reporter was determined to do her work as much as possible.
"There was nothing more important for her than journalism. Vika was always where the most important events for the country took place. And it would have continued for many years, but the Russians killed them," she said in an explanation that was published on the Hromadske website.
about the whereabouts of Roshchyna
Roshchyna's father first raised the alarm when she no longer reacted to news during the mission. However, her family only had an idea of her whereabouts nine months later when Moscow finally admitted to keep her in custody. Like other Ukrainian civilians Russian authorities were captured in occupied Ukraine and deported to Russia, where it was recorded without indictment or legal proceedings.
The cruel transfer and the inactivity
In September 2024, Roshchyna, a healthy 27-year-old, was dead-but her family only found out a month later when they received a notification from Russia. Petro Yatsenko, spokesman for the Ukrainian coordination center for the treatment of prisoners of war, said in October that Roshchyna died from a prison in the southern Russian city of Taganrog to Moscow during her transfer. The transfer was carried out as part of its release as part of a prisoner exchange.
Investigations and Enlightenment
The prison in Taganrog is known for their cruel treatment of prisoners. CNN previously spoke to prisoners who reported that they were subjected to physical and psychological abuse, insufficiently supplied with food and the access to fundamental healthcare was refused. Journalists of Ukrainska Pravda Worked together to try to collect what has happened in the past few months of their life. They conducted interviews with dozens of prisoners, as well as with prison attendants and human rights defenders. This enabled them to trace their movements and describe the brutality of their detention.