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"Was very thin": the media established where and when the Russians roared Victoria Roshchyna (video)

To spread: in the city of Kizel (Perm Territory, Russian Federation), Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna died in prison # 3. According to the investigation, death came on September 19, 2024 after cruel torture and stage. According to "Investigation. Info", the office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine confirmed the place of death of the journalist.

The Head of the Department of Combating Crime Taras Semkiv stated that Roshchina was in the Kizel detention center for less than two weeks before his death. According to the released from captivity of the serviceman Danylo, the stage from Taganrog to Kizel lasted three days - from 9 to 11 September. "She was very thin, the bones themselves were already," the military said about the state of the journalist.

The witness described the cruel conditions in the pre-trial detention center: "I was constantly beaten for an hour. Prosecutor Taras Semkiv notes that the Russian Federation has never recognized the fact of retention of Roshchina. "It is obvious that the Russian Federation will take all measures to conceal the persons involved in her death," he emphasized. The journalist's body was returned to Ukraine in a condition that did not allow a full forensic examination.

Victoria Roshchyna was abducted in August 2023 in the occupied territories, where she went for journalistic work. At first it was kept in the occupation, then moved to detention center # 2 in Taganrog. The Taganrog detention center spoke about numerous knife wounds on the body of Roshchina, obtained in the occupied territories. On August 8, 2025, Victoria Roshchyna was buried in Kiev.