Valeriya Yegoshyna

Valeriya Yegoshyna is a journalist for Schemes (Skhemy), an investigative news project run by RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service. Yehoshyna is the 2024 winner of the ICFJ Knight International Journalism Award. She was recognized as one of the "Top 30 Under 30" by the Kyiv Post in 2019 and has won a number of other awards, including the top prizes at the V. Serhienko Investigative Journalism Competition in 2017 and the Mezhyhirya Festival in 2018. An investigation she co-authored in 2023 about Izyum and the Russian invasion of Ukraine received a Special Certificate of Excellence at the Global Shining Light Awards from the Global Investigative Journalism Network.

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February 19, 2025
Russia Turns To Cuban Recruits As It Struggles With Conscription, RFE/RL Reveals

An RFE/RL investigation reveals details about the role of Cuban mercenaries fighting in Russia's war against Ukraine, with some avidly embracing the Kremlin's narratives. Havana has said it’s cracking down on “human trafficking” to the war, but given its ties to Moscow, not everybody is convinced.
February 17, 2025
Russia Recruits Cuban Mercenaries, One Ended Up Prisoner Of War

Cuban Frank Dario Jarrosay Manfuga is now a prisoner of war in Ukraine, captured while fighting for the Russian Army. He claims he was deceived into going to Russia with the promise of a construction job. His story is part of a larger pattern of how Russia might recruit foreigners.
October 16, 2024
Exclusive: Russia Recruits Ukrainian Kids To Burn Military Hardware For Cash

Ukrainian children as young as 12 are burning cars and other government property to earn some quick money, an exclusive RFE/RL investigation has found. "We burned two military vehicles. We wanted to make some quick money," one of the teenagers told RFE/RL.
October 09, 2024
ICC Can Try Cases Of Alleged Executions Of Ukrainian POWs, Top Prosecutor Says

Cases of the alleged execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) fall under the mandate of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the court is entitled to try such cases, ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan has said.
July 08, 2024
EU Shell-Production Capacity, Supplies To Ukraine Fall Far Short Of Promises

The European Union’s capacity to produce 155 mm artillery ammunition may be one-half to one-third of public estimates by senior EU officials, Schemes and its partners in a journalistic investigation found. And the EU has given Ukraine about half of the 1 million shells it promised by March 2024.
March 04, 2024
Named And Shamed: The Russian Troops Laying Banned Land Mines In Ukraine

A new report by Schemes, the investigations unit of RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service, reveals the names and identities of Russian soldiers responsible for laying antipersonnel mines in Ukraine. The mines are banned under an international agreement, which Ukraine is party to but Russia is not.
April 08, 2023
Prices For Ukrainian Army Food Supplies Inflated, Investigation Finds

Contracts and tax documents acquired by Schemes, the investigative unit of RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service, show that at least five of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry's catering contractors charge a premium for delivering basic food to Ukrainian troops.
January 03, 2023
How Ukraine's 'Great Reconstruction' Brought Great Rewards For A Company Linked To Dnipropetrovsk's Government And An FBI Fugitive

A company co-owned by a powerlifter who is linked to the governor of Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region and the business partner of an FBI fugitive received nearly $41 million in public funds for road repair, a journalistic investigation by Schemes found.
December 05, 2022
Russian Soldier Says Commander Stabbed Ukrainian Woman To Death

A Russian commander stabbed an elderly Ukrainian woman to death during the retreat from Izyum, according to a soldier in his unit. Evidence of the alleged war crime first emerged from a phone intercept by Ukrainian intelligence.
December 01, 2022
Ukrainian Man Spends Months Digging Through Rubble To Find His Dead Friend

A Ukrainian man spent months digging through the wreckage of an apartment block to find the body of a close friend from his school days. Pavlo Holub lives in Izyum, and he carried out this work during the six-month Russian occupation of the town before it was liberated by Ukrainian forces.
October 30, 2022
After The Russian Withdrawal, Memories Of Resistance And Collaboration Linger In A Ukrainian Village

Some residents of Shevchenkove tell Schemes, the investigative unit of RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service, how they withstood torture and threats to resist collaboration with the Russian forces occupying their village in Ukraine's Kharkiv region. Others describe what compelled them to cooperate.
September 07, 2022
'Cut Off One Of Their Ears': In New Investigation, A Russian Soldier Describes Atrocities In Ukraine

In recorded calls obtained by Schemes, a Russian soldier described an assault on a village in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region in grisly detail. The investigative unit of RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service then reached the soldier himself, obtaining a denial -- and further evidence of possible war crimes.
July 24, 2022
Exclusive: U.S. Ambassador To Ukraine Says Washington Will Support Kyiv 'For As Long As It Takes'

The United States will continue to “support Ukraine for as long as it takes,” expediting military aid in the country’s battle against invading Russian military forces, says the U.S. ambassador to Kyiv.
May 08, 2022
Senior U.S. Official Vows More Aid To Ukraine To 'Win This War,' More 'Crippling Sanctions' For Russia

Robin Dunnigan, the U.S. undersecretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs, has told RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service that Washington will continue to support Kyiv in its war against Russia and pursue harsher sanctions against Moscow for its unprovoked invasion of its neighbor.
April 20, 2022
Mothers Of The Moskva: For Relatives Of Missing Sailors, A Lack Of Information Fuels Grief

A week after the sinking of the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, relatives of sailors are desperately trying to find out the fates of more than 500 seamen who were on board. Silence from the Russian command, and the lack of an explanation from the Kremlin, have fueled anger and disbelief.
April 15, 2022
Russian Soldier And Wife Discussing Rape Of Ukrainian Women Identified By RFE/RL

The identities of a Russian soldier and his wife who discussed the rape of Ukrainian women in a phone call have been revealed following an investigation by RFE/RL’s Russian Service and Schemes.
July 08, 2021
RFE/RL Investigation: Why Is Hungary Funding Diaspora Communities In Western Ukraine?

Ethnic Hungarian communities and civic groups in western Ukraine have received at least 115 million euros from the Hungarian government over the past 10 years, a new RFE/RL investigation found.
April 08, 2021
Ukraine Targeted At European Court In Hail Of Claims From Russia, Donbas, RFE/RL Investigation Finds

The European Court of Human Rights has been flooded with thousands of filings accusing Kyiv of rights violations in the conflict-ridden Donbas, in what appears to be a coordinated campaign to tar Ukraine, an investigation by RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service has found.

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Also by Valeriya Yegoshyna

Russia Turns To Cuban Recruits As It Struggles With Conscription, RFE/RL Reveals

Russia Recruits Cuban Mercenaries, One Ended Up Prisoner Of War

Exclusive: Russia Recruits Ukrainian Kids To Burn Military Hardware For Cash

ICC Can Try Cases Of Alleged Executions Of Ukrainian POWs, Top Prosecutor Says

EU Shell-Production Capacity, Supplies To Ukraine Fall Far Short Of Promises

Named And Shamed: The Russian Troops Laying Banned Land Mines In Ukraine

Prices For Ukrainian Army Food Supplies Inflated, Investigation Finds

How Ukraine's 'Great Reconstruction' Brought Great Rewards For A Company Linked To Dnipropetrovsk's Government And An FBI Fugitive

Russian Soldier Says Commander Stabbed Ukrainian Woman To Death

Ukrainian Man Spends Months Digging Through Rubble To Find His Dead Friend

After The Russian Withdrawal, Memories Of Resistance And Collaboration Linger In A Ukrainian Village

'Cut Off One Of Their Ears': In New Investigation, A Russian Soldier Describes Atrocities In Ukraine

Exclusive: U.S. Ambassador To Ukraine Says Washington Will Support Kyiv 'For As Long As It Takes'

Senior U.S. Official Vows More Aid To Ukraine To 'Win This War,' More 'Crippling Sanctions' For Russia

Mothers Of The Moskva: For Relatives Of Missing Sailors, A Lack Of Information Fuels Grief

Russian Soldier And Wife Discussing Rape Of Ukrainian Women Identified By RFE/RL

RFE/RL Investigation: Why Is Hungary Funding Diaspora Communities In Western Ukraine?

Ukraine Targeted At European Court In Hail Of Claims From Russia, Donbas, RFE/RL Investigation Finds