Ukraine to provide Vatican with list of Ukrainian journalists imprisoned by Russia

Ukraine will hand over a list of Ukrainian journalists currently imprisoned by Russia to the Vatican, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced in an evening address.

"We agreed that Ukraine will provide a list of journalists who are currently held captive in Russia. We discussed in detail the return of civilians, the return of deported children. We hope for support," he said, adding that on October 10, it became known that Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchyna had died in Russian captivity.

Zelenskyy also invited the Vatican to participate in a meeting in Canada regarding the peace plan's humanitarian issues.

Earlier, Ukrainian journalists and media professionals called on international organizations to take decisive and urgent action in response to Roshchyna's death in Russian captivity.