(8 Aug 2025)
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Kyiv, Ukraine – 8 August 2025
1. Wide of church
2. Funeral procession carrying coffin, entering church
3. Various interior shots of service UPSOUND choir singing
4. Men carrying coffin to hearse
5. Woman holding photo of Viktoria Roshchyna
6. Cortege with coffin driving down street
7. Mourners walking down street
8. Men placing coffin on stand
9. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Sevgil Musaeva, Editor-in-chief of Ukrainska Pravda:
"I would also like to say one word that I associate with Vika. That word is service, service to society, service to readers, service to the audience. This is what she did with absolute dedication and courage. She was not timid or afraid. She was the most courageous journalist I have ever met in my life. And that is not an exaggeration, it’s a fact."
10. Various of mourners on their knees observing minute of silence
11. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Yaroslav Yurchyshyn, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Freedom of Speech:
"We truly lack real people now – real journalists, real politicians, real fighters. It is very important for us to protect everyone. But real people don’t just burn, they burn up. They light up everyone around them, but very often this passion costs them their health and their lives. Viktoria was a person who did not know the meaning of the word "no". Everyone explained that she should not go to the occupied territory. No one from the editorial office was ready to take responsibility for this. But she still believed that this was her mission, and she would do it."
12. Close of photo of Viktoria Roshchyna
13. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Victoria Ivleva, Russian journalist and photographer:
"We tried. My Russian colleagues, who have not yet lost their minds and consciences, tried to find out something in Taganrog, but so far it is completely closed. I am very ashamed. Ashamed is not the right word. Sometimes I don’t want to live, but I understand that if I can do something for Ukraine while living here, I try to do it. I can’t look at her parents and ask for forgiveness. That’s stupid. What is that? But I understand that 140 million people living in the Russian Federation are to blame for Vika’s death. And I am one of them. I do not absolve myself of guilt."
14. Wide of mourners grieving
15. Hearse driving away
STORYLINE:
Dozens came to bid farewell to Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchyna, who died in Russian captivity, during a farewell ceremony that took place at St. Michael’s Cathedral in Kyiv on Friday.
The 27-year old went missing in Russian-occupied territory in late 2023, where she was reporting on civilian detainees.
In October 2024 it was confirmed she had died in Russian captivity, right as Ukrainian officials were negotiating her release as part of a prisoner swap.
In April 2025 her body was returned to Ukraine with visible signs of torture, Ukrainian authorities said.
At the farewell ceremony on Friday, many remembered the intrepid reporter for her dedication to public service and courage.
"I would also like to say one word that I associate with Vika. That word is service, service to society, service to readers, service to the audience. This is what she did with absolute dedication and courage," said Sevgil Musaeva the editor-in-chief of prominent local outlet Ukrainska Pravda.
"She was not timid or afraid. She was the most courageous journalist I have ever met in my life. And that is not an exaggeration, it is a fact." she added.
AP video shot by Dan Bashakov
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