Katarína Mathernová, EU Ambassador to Ukraine, has called the death of journalist and freelance writer for Ukrainska Pravda Viktoriia Roshchyna in captivity "one of the most horrific Russian war crimes".

"She was talented and brave. Only 27 years old. Her death is one of the most horrific Russian war crimes.

Many things have shaken me deeply during the past two years since the EU sent me to Kyiv. But the abduction, torture, and murder of Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna touched me not only as an ambassador, but also as a mother, a woman, and an admirer of unbreakable and heroic women who do not back down even in the face of military brutality.

We honor her memory," she wrote on Facebook.

Mathernová added that Russia has killed 102 journalists and media workers since February 24, 2022.