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Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina, 37 years old, who was one of the victims of the Russian bombing of Kramatorsk on June 27, died as a result of injuries
Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina, 37 years old, who was one of the victims of the Russian bombing of Kramatorsk on June 27, died as a result of injuries sustained that cost the lives of thirteen people, according to local sources.
Amelina was at the pizzeria during the Russian attack in the company of a Colombian writer Hector Abbott and former High Commissioner for Peace under the President of Colombia, Sergio Jaramillo.
Jaramillo and Abad survived the attack with minor injuries. as a journalist also Colombian Catalina Gomezwho was dining with them at the time of the missile hit.
Russian attack on Kramatorsk one of the deadliest in recent weeks.
The news of the writer’s death issued by PEN-Ukraine, public cultural organization that protects freedom of speech and the rights of Ukrainian journalists, writers, scientists and other professionals.
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“It is with great pain that we inform you that the heart of the writer Victoria Amelina stopped beating on July 1 at the Mechnikov Dnieper Hospital. His life was cut short due to life-threatening injuries. as a result of rocket fire by Russian invaders at a Kramatorsk restaurant on June 27,” PEN-Ukraine said in a statement.
“We are reporting this news now that all Victoria’s relatives learned and with their consent,” he adds.
Amelina, a member of Ukrainian PEN and a war crimes documentary for Truth Hounds, was in Kramatorsk with a delegation of Colombian journalists and writers. Dining at the Ria Lounge in the city center Russian occupiers launched a missile attack on the building.
“Doctors and paramedics from Kramatorsk and the Dnieper They did everything they could to save his life. but, unfortunately, the wound was fatal. In the last days of Victoria’s life, her family and friends were by her side, ”according to the Ukrainian organization to which she belonged.
Ukrainian PEN and Truth Hounds assured that, according to eyewitnesses of the tragedy, the Russians used high-precision missiles of the Iskander type for the attack. “They knew for sure that they were shooting in a place where there would be a large concentration of civilians. It is known that 13 people died, about 60 were injured, ”the PEN club website reports.
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Victoria Amelina was born on January 1, 1986 in Lviv. and as a child, she lived with her father in Canada. In 2007, he studied information technology at the Polytechnic University of his native city and until 2015 worked in international technology companies.
In 2014, Victoria’s first novel was published, “November Syndrome or Homo Compatiens”. In 2015, he gave up a career in computer science to devote himself to writing.
His first children’s book came out in 2016. “Somebody or Watery Heart” and the following year, 2017, the second novel, House for House, was released. This book was shortlisted for national and international awards such as LitAccent of the Year 2017, the UNESCO City of Literature Prize and the European Literature Prize.
Victoria Amelina’s texts have been translated into Polish, Czech, German, Dutch and English. Recently, the novel “Home for the sake of the house” was translated into Spanish.
In 2021, Victoria became the winner of the competition Literary Prize of Joseph Konrad-Kozhenovsky. In the same year, he founded the New York Literary Festival in the Bakhmut district of the Donetsk region.
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Because of Russia’s war against Ukraine, according to the PEN organization, the writer Victoria Amelina joined the human rights organization Truth Hounds in the summer of 2022. document war crimes in the unoccupied territories of the east, south and north of Ukraine, in particular in Kapitolovka, Izyumsky district, where he found the diary of the writer Volodymyr Vakulenko, killed by the Russians.
According to a biography published by PEN, Victoria began work on her first non-fiction book in English, A Diary of War and Justice: A View of Women Looking at War, at the same time. will soon be published outside of Ukraine.
In it, the writer talks about Ukrainian women document war crimes and their lives during the war.
In addition, the writer participated in calls on the governments of other countries to provide weapons to Ukraine, and also for the creation of a special international tribunal for Russian war crimes against Ukraine.
(EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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