Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna, who went missing in an occupied part of her country last year, died in Russian detention last month, Ukrainian authorities said earlier this week.

Organisations welcome the opening of an investigation into the death of the Ukrainian journalist who died in unclear circumstances while in Russian detention

The European Union and United States have condemned Moscow over the death in custody of award-winning Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna, as Kyiv called for international action over Russia ’s alleged execution of captured Ukrainian soldiers.

Victoria Roshchyna, a Ukrainian journalist. died in Russian detention last month, announced the Ukrainian authorities this week, according to CNN. Roshchyna went missing following a reporting trip in a Russian-occupied region in Ukraine last year in August.

Viktoriia Roshchyna disappeared in August 2023 in a part of Ukraine now occupied by Russian forces. It took nine months for Russian authorities to confirm the journalist had been detained. They gave no reason.

Press freedom advocates are calling on the Kremlin to open an investigation into the death of a Ukrainian journalist who died under suspicious circumstances while in Russian custody, more than a year after going missing.