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An international investigation has revealed that the body of Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchyna, who died in Russian captivity, was returned to Ukraine missing several internal organs, potentially to conceal the cause of death.

According to a joint investigation by Forbidden Stories and 13 international media outlets, Roshchyna’s body was transferred to Ukraine on February 14, 2025, as part of a repatriation operation involving the return of 757 fallen Ukrainians. Russian documents marked the body, listed as number 757, as an “unidentified male” with a reference note: “СПАС.”

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[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 58 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (4 children)

Things to do to Putin when he's caught:

  1. Remove internal organs.
  2. Poke one eye out and fill the hole with siracha sauce jalapeno pickle vinegar, and lemon....
[–] uberdroog@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That will burn the dick that fucks the socket.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 5 points 6 days ago

That's gonna be a long wait until everyone's done with that. But OK. Just let me know when the socket is ready for jalapeño juice.

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Should you be switching the order there?

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 2 points 6 days ago

Jalapeño first.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 2 points 6 days ago

And we can connect a taser to his balls in case he wants to leave Earl so we can bring him Right back.
He won't know if he's coming our going lol.

[–] atmorous@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

That'll happen when a huge army to arrest them with is formed. But even then they'll have to fight through their forces to get to them

[–] slaacaa@lemmy.world 39 points 6 days ago (1 children)

“This is so nasty Vladimir 😢. Stop the killing, make peace deal now 🙏”

  • Donald J. Trump
[–] echodot@feddit.uk 7 points 6 days ago

But also Ukraine stated the war, and is a dictator. Which you can tell because I said it.

Also Donald J. Trump

[–] tyrant@lemmy.world 18 points 6 days ago

People are disgusting.

"Investigators discovered that several organs were missing, including the brain, both eyeballs, and part of the trachea. According to an international forensic expert consulted by journalists, the absence of these organs could have been intended to obscure evidence of death by strangulation or suffocation. Remembering the Journalists Targeted and Killed by Russia in Ukraine

A bruise on Roshchyna’s neck indicated a potential fracture of the hyoid bone—a rare injury commonly associated with manual strangulation."

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 21 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

So the cause of death is either organ harvesting for medical use, or torture.

UPDATE: It seems to be torture.

[–] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago
[–] RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

the Russians are known for poisoning people I would bet on that personally

[–] puddinghelmet@feddit.nl 24 points 6 days ago

Makes my hair stand up with hate and disgust jesus christ

[–] puddinghelmet@feddit.nl 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

This is crazy, it should create a ripple effect of protests in Russia I hope. Its time to destabilize Russia. Much condoleances and may she rest in peace.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

cool new hack for getting into hard-to-get-into-universities: major in journalism.

[–] Netux@lemmy.world -5 points 6 days ago

Common move from the isrealis where they take Palestinian posts to sell, but we want extra outrage when the Russians do it and we assume poisoning.

Be nice if we at least pretended to have some moral baseline between the two countries.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/israel-admits-harvesting_n_399623

[–] Naz@sh.itjust.works 355 points 1 week ago (26 children)
[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 65 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Yeah? Is anybody going to do anything about it?

[–] Cantaloupe877@lemmy.world 28 points 6 days ago

We know the answer.

[–] andxz@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I don't know where you live, but I do know there'll probably be a second front in this particular war in a not too far into the future. I have the feeling that the news channels in the US perhaps leave out some of what is happening in the Baltic sea, for example.

Or the fact that we've been preparing to go fuck them up for the past few years. The rest of Europe is starting to wake up as well. Nobody wants to be next.

[–] Bamboodpanda@lemmy.world 23 points 6 days ago

Add it to the list. Might take you a while to find the bottom.

[–] pulido@lemmings.world 3 points 6 days ago

War crime = "and they got away with it"

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 193 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Such actions, if confirmed, could be subject to international prosecution and sanctions.

Forgive me if I don’t hold my breath… 🙄

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 88 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Actually Putin is already a wanted man for war crimes, and he cannot travel to most countries without being arrested.

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[–] Absaroka@lemmy.world 157 points 1 week ago (1 children)

From another source:

The investigation revealed that upon examination in Ukraine, it was discovered that several internal organs were missing, including the brain, eyeballs, and part of the larynx.

According to the investigative team, the body showed signs of an autopsy conducted in Russia. An international expert suggested that the missing organs could have been removed to obscure evidence of death by strangulation or suffocation.

Sounds like they mutilated the body to cover up how she died.

[–] shekau@lemmy.today 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I thought they removed her organs, so that they can use them for transplant surgeries, since organs are expensive afaik. But seems thats not the case here since brain, eyes, larynx cannot be transplanted

[–] sus@programming.dev 32 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Someone brough up a theory that it's a "symbolic punishment" for a journalist:

remove the eyes so you cannot see
remove the brain so you cannot think
remove the larynx so you cannot speak (the larynx contains the vocal cords)

[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 5 points 6 days ago

That makes much more sense because unless some classified shit was tested on her (in which case they probably wouldn't have returned her body at all) there wouldn't be any reason to hide the cause of her death. If she was hanged on a short rope or strangled which the (lack of) evidence points towards then that's kinda not worse than a journalist being murdered any other way. Wouldn't justify all the fuss at least.

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