The Kyiv Unbiased's investigative documentary, "He Got here Again," which exposes sexual violence dedicated by Russian troopers in Ukraine, has received the 2025 Ukrainian journalism award, "Honor of the Career."
The winners have been introduced throughout an award ceremony in Kyiv on Could 29.
The documentary, which identifies perpetrators of sexual violence in occupied Ukrainian territories, was acknowledged within the Finest Investigative Report class.
The movie was authored by journalist Olesia Bida, a member of the Kyiv Unbiased's Struggle Crimes Investigations Unit. The workforce additionally included modifying director Maksym Yakobchuk, researchers Kostiantyn Nechyporenko and Myroslava Chaiun, and editor Yevheniia Motorevska.
"Sexual violence in struggle is a struggle crime and a systemic technique utilized by Russian forces. "They face no penalties and proceed committing these crimes in occupied territories," Bida stated, following the award ceremony.
"It meant a lot to me that after this investigation was revealed, one of many troopers we recognized was formally charged by Ukrainian authorities. His case has already been despatched to courtroom. I hope at some point he’ll face an actual sentence."
Bida known as the piece "an important work of my total journalism profession," and expressed deep gratitude to the Kyiv Unbiased workforce for supporting her by 10 months of analysis and reporting.
"We’re endlessly impressed by your work," the Ukrainian competitors committee stated in an announcement, thanking each journalist who submitted work this yr. "You’re the witnesses and chroniclers of the nation's life and its individuals throughout probably the most troublesome interval of our fashionable historical past."
The movie beforehand received the Finest Movie award on the 2024 Press Play Prague movie pageant.
Since its basis in 2023, the Kyiv Unbiased's Struggle Crimes Investigations Unit has launched 9 documentary movies, exposing Russia's kidnapping of Ukrainian kids, torture of prisoners of struggle, repressions in occupied territories, and crackdown on non secular communities.
The "Honor of the Career" contest, organized yearly in Ukraine, celebrates excellence in classes together with finest interview, struggle reporting, analytical writing, and publicist essays. This yr's winners mirror the troublesome actuality and braveness of reporting in a rustic at struggle.
A particular nomination from the Supervisory Board of the competition "For dedication to the career beneath probably the most troublesome circumstances" was posthumously given to late Victoriia Roshchyna, who died in Russian captivity after disappearing in August 2023 whereas reporting from occupied territories.
Her physique, returned in February, confirmed indicators of torture, together with electrical shocks and doable strangulation. A forensic examination revealed lacking organs, suggesting an try to cover the reason for dying.
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