Ukrainians Mourn the Loss of a Young Journalist and Her Stories

 

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"Ms. Roshchyna was a brave, stubborn and driven journalist. Soon after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, she joined a humanitarian convoy and tried to cross into the besieged southeastern port city of Mariupol, as almost everyone else was trying to leave. Russian forces captured her in March. They released her a week later, after beating her, she said.

Instead of fleeing, Ms. Roshchyna bought a new camera in Zaporizhzhya, a city in southern Ukraine, and hopped on a bus back into Russian-occupied territory. She appeared not to tell anyone where she was going, not even her bosses at Hromadske, the online news outlet where she worked.

She also wrote about the harrowing journeys of people escaping Russian occupation. On one occasion, she traveled for 10 days with a Ukrainian as they sought to escape occupied territory, passing numerous Russian checkpoints. She ultimately published a dozen stories about the experience for several of Ukraine’s largest media outlets."

read report by Maria Varenikova

Ukrainians Mourn the Loss of a Young Journalist and Her Stories – DNyuz