The missing Ukrainian reporter, the Russian prison – and a vital lesson learned about journalism in a dangerous age (opens in new tab)

To do our job, investigative journalists are learning to work across borders. This isn’t just about the truth, it’s about staying aliveLaurent Richard is a journalist and the director of the Forbidden Stories consortiumIn February 2025, the body of journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna was finally returned to Ukraine after months of uncertainty. She was one of 757 Ukrainian casualties handed over by Russian authorities as part of an exchange of prisoners and the dead.Roshchyna had disappeared in the...