Reporters Without Borders' annual survey highlights Viktoria Roshchyna's death in Russian custody and Antoni Lallican's death from a Russian drone strike.
Viktoriia Roshchyna was captured investigating Russian torture centers in occupied territories and her body was later returned with signs of torture and missing organs, allegedly to conceal the cause of death.
Ukrainian journalist Dmytro Khyliuk returned from Russian captivity in the latest exchange on 24 August, weighing less than 45 kg (99 lbs), as he spent three years in Russian prison after his abduction near Kyiv in 2022.