Body of Ukrainian journalist who died in Russian detention returned by Moscow with signs of torture and with missing org
Source: CNN
Body of Ukrainian journalist who died in Russian detention returned by Moscow with signs of torture and with missing organs
By Ivana Kottasová, Victoria Butenko and Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN
3 minute read
Updated 9:35 AM EDT, Wed April 30, 2025
(CNN) — The body of a young Ukrainian woman who died in Russian captivity after being held incommunicado for months was returned to Ukraine showing signs of torture, Ukrainian prosecutors have said.
Kyiv said the remains of journalist Victoria Roshchyna, who went missing during a reporting trip, were returned as part of a body exchange between Ukraine and Russia in February.
Yuriy Belousov, who heads the war crimes department at the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office, said that forensic examination found “numerous signs of torture and ill-treatment… including abrasions and hemorrhages on various parts of the body, a broken rib and possible traces of electric shock.”
He said the experts have determined the injuries were sustained while Roshchyna was still alive.
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Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/30/europe/ukrainian-journalist-russia-torture-intl/index.html
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