The joint media report says that the Ukrainian journalist, who died in Russian families, was tortured and its members were removed.

Ukrainian journalist Viktoriaia RoshchynaAnd that died in Russian families, was tortured and the members were removed before their body was returned, according to a joint media report published from Tuesday to Tuesday Forbidden storiesNon -profit media organization.

In February, Russia returned Rocchina’s meager body With signs of torture and removing some members, perhaps to hide more traces of torture, he said Report on the media Including the Washington Post, the Guardian, Okrinska Pravda, and Istories, referring to Ukrainian prosecutors.

A criminal examination was quoted “revealed many signs of torture and poor treatment,” and quoted the prosecutors as saying.

These included “broken rib, neck injuries, and signs of potential electric shock on their feet,” said Yuri Pelosov, head of the war crimes unit at the Ukrainian Prosecutor’s Office.

Despite a high match of DNA, the journalist’s father does not believe that the body is his daughter and has requested more forensic analyzes.

Rocchina lost in 2023 while in the lands occupied by Russian in southeastern Ukraine, it was investigated in the alleged prisons. She was 27 years old at the time.

Ukrainian journalists rarely go to the Russian -occupied areas due to high risks. Roshchyna is the first known Ukrainian journalist to die in Russian families.

Ukraine urged the international community to respond to the report. “The issue of civil hostages who was kidnapped and seized by Russia requires an increase in international interest and immediate and strong response,” said Foreign Ministry spokesman Georgy Tiki.

Thousands of Ukrainian civilians are held in Russian prisons or in the occupied regions in Ukraine, where many are subjected to torture and deprivation of correspondence, according to reports of NGOs and media. Last year, BBC Russia She stated that thousands of Ukrainian civilians, including journalists, in the Russian reservation were detained without charges or access to the legal advisor.

Who was Victoria Rochena?

Roshchyna worked as an independent owner of various independent news, including Okrinska Pravda, and cooperated with the Ukrainian service for the United States’ media radio.

In March 2022, it was Rocchina detained By Russian forces For 10 days while Reporting In southeast Ukraine, according to the Committee for the Protection of Journalists.

In 2022, she won the Courage Award in Journalism before International Women’s Media Corporation For its reports in eastern Ukraine.

“Victoria’s death is not just losing a wonderful woman, but a bold witness to history,” the group He said in a statement After her death. “Regardless of the cause of her death, we can say with certainty that her life has taken because she dared to say the truth. We hope that her death will improve: the international community must pressure Russia to stop targeting journalists and silence freedom of the press.”

The Committee to Protect Journalists also condemned Moscow for the death of Rocchina.

The Central Asian Program Coordinator at CPJ in Europe and Central Asia said in A. statement. “The Ukrainian and Russian authorities must do everything in their power to investigate the death of Roshna.”