Russia’s ‘Ghost Detainees’: The Investigation That Cost Viktoriia Roshchyna Her Life - Forbidden Stories
Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna was pronounced dead in Russian captivity in October 2024, after being secretly held for months in Russian-occupied Ukraine and a Russian prison. In February 2025, her body was repatriated. Forbidden Stories investigated her detention and death, which came on the heels of a reporting trip to Zaporizhzhia, aimed at telling the stories of Ukrainian civilians unlawfully held by Russia.| Forbidden Stories
