Sevgil Musayeva is Editor-in-Chief of Ukrainska Pravda, Ukraine’s major online news source. In June 2025, she talked to Ursula Ruedenberg of the radio program Ukraine 242, about the life and death of a daring and committed freelance reporter, Viktoriia Roshchyna, who repeatedly crossed into Russian-occupied territory documenting rights violations. In 2022, Viktoriia received an International Women’s Media Foundation Courage in Journalism Award. During her final trip, she was captured, imprisoned and tortured. Her body was recently identified using DNA; her family still hopes to prove it is not hers. Her legacy inspires more journalists to follow her example. WARNING: Some of the facts are disturbingly grim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Credits: <\/strong>Interview and original production courtesy of Ukraine 242 producer Ursula Ruedenberg, whose program is distributed through Audioport in the US. Adapted for WINGS by Frieda Werden. <\/p>\n\n\n\n