Body of Ukrainian journalist who died in Russian captivity repatriated in February
Ukrainians commemorate late Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchyna on Independence Square in Kyiv, Ukraine, 11 October 2024. Photo: EPA-EFE/SERGEY DOLZHENKO The body of the Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchyna, who died in Russian captivity in September at the age of 27, was returned to Ukraine in February, Ukraine’s Deputy Interior Minister Leonid Tymchenko revealed on Thursday. Roshchyna’s body “was returned as part of a repatriation deal at the end of February this year.