From the Liveblog of
Friday, March 18, 2022
Ukrainian news outlet says Russia holding its reporter captive
The Ukrainian news outlet Hromadske says Russia is holding captive one of its reporters.
The site reporter Victoria Roshchyna was working in hotspots in eastern and southern Ukraine when her coworkers lost contact with her on March 12.
The site later learned she had been in the city of Berdiansk while it was occupied by Russia.
On March 16, the site found out that she had been detained by Russian security forces.
Her whereabouts are unknown.
Russian forces have killed several Ukrainian and international journalists during the war.
Our journalist Victoria Roshchyna is held captive by the Russian occupiers. She was reporting from hotspots in Eastern and Southern Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian-Ukrainian war. On March 12, we couldn't contact Victoria 1/3 pic.twitter.com/4728hwDs72
— Hromadske Int. (@Hromadske) March 18, 2022
