The award-winning Ukrainian novelist, essayist and war crimes researcher Victoria Amelina, who was wounded last week in a Russian missile strike on a restaurant in Kramatorsk, has died from her injuries. She was travelling with Colombian journalists and writers to document war crimes and build support for Ukraine in the global south. She was also building networks with foreign journalists and intellectuals to raise support for Ukraine internationally. At least 11 others were killed and 61 were wounded in the missile attack around dinnertime, when the restaurant was usually busy. Ukrainian authorities had arrested a man a day later, accusing him of helping Russia direct the strike. Victoria Amelina was a celebrated Ukrainian author who had turned her distinct and powerful voice to investigate and expose war crimes after the full scale military invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.. She had largely set aside her writing after the full-scale Russian invasion of 2022, to focus on documenting war crimes and working with children on or near the frontline.
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