After 9 months they admit they have her

The russian Ministry of "Defense" (human rights abuse) admitted that Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchina, who disappeared in August, is detained in the Russian Federation

The official response that her father received from the department states that Roshchina “has been detained and is on the territory of the Russian Federation,” reports the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine.

Roshchina stopped communicating in August 2023 while preparing a report on the occupied territories of Ukraine. Before this, the Russian military had already detained her in Berdyansk, where they held her for 10 days. After she was released, she said that she had no complaints against the Russian special services.

Roshchina has been writing about the war in Ukraine since the early days of the Russian invasion in February 2022, publishing her materials in Ukrainska Pravda, Hromadske and Radio Liberty. In 2022, the International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) awarded her the Courage in Journalism Award.