The federal government has begun making funds in instances the place journalists have been killed or injured whereas finishing up their skilled duties. The choice supplies for one-off help by way of the State Committee for Tv and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine.

Supply: Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko

Particulars: The programme was included within the state price range for 2026.

The primary fee is to be made to the daddy of journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna, who has been killed in Russian captivity.

Quote: "For the Ukrainian state, this can be a matter of justice for many who selflessly sought the reality, documented proof of Russian crimes and misplaced their lives in consequence.

Because the begin of the full-scale invasion, Russia has killed 21 journalists within the line of responsibility, amongst them Ukrainians and foreigners."

Learn extra: The Viktoriia Undertaking: the story of the captivity and torture endured by journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna and hundreds of Ukrainians imprisoned by Russia

Background:

• In 2022, Roshchyna wrote a collection of studies for Ukrainska Pravda from quickly occupied territories, together with items on life in occupied Crimea throughout the battle, on how the pseudo-referendum was carried out in Russian-occupied Donetsk Oblast and a photograph function from devastated Mariupol.
• Viktoriia Roshchyna disappeared on 3 August 2023 whereas reporting from Russian-occupied territory.
• Russia delayed the return of Roshchyna's physique, which was solely repatriated in February 2025.
• Based on the Workplace of the Prosecutor Common, Roshchyna's physique confirmed a number of indicators of torture and merciless remedy, together with abrasions, haemorrhages, a damaged rib and proof of electrical shocks.

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