Soldier’s account corroborates reports Ukrainian journalist was transported to prison deep inside Russia, where it is believed she died
Details of the last days in captivity of the Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna, who died last year, have emerged with the witness account of a soldier who was with her when she was transported to a prison deep inside Russia.
Roshchyna was seized while reporting from behind enemy lines in occupied Ukraine in the summer of 2022, one of an estimated 16,000 civilians detained by Russia since the beginning of the full-scale invasion.
A Ukrainian soldier with the Azov regiment, who was released this summer, has come forward with an account that corroborates recent reports that Roshchyna died after being transported to Sizo-3, a prison in the town of Kizel, near the Ural mountains.
Speaking to reporters from the Viktoriia Project, an investigation by the Guardian and international media partners led by the French newsroom Forbidden Stories, Mykyta Semenov said Roshchyna’s last journey began by train and ended on trucks.
