the ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina died this Sunday. She was seriously injured after a missile attack on a restaurant on June 27 in Kramatorsk, Ukraine.
She was there along with three Colombians, former Peace Commissioner Sergio Jaramillo, writer Héctor Abad Faciolince, and journalist Catalina Gómez.
(Also: ‘Instead of throwing me up, that infernal noise threw me to the ground’: Héctor Abad)
The journalist Olga Tokariuk, a friend of Amelina, was one of the people who announced the tragic death of the writer.
“My dear friend, the Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina, has died (…) Many unwritten books, untold stories, days unlived“, he wrote on his Twitter account.
💔 My dear friend, the Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina, has passed away. She was severely injured in the Russian missile attack on Kramatorsk on June 27 and died on July 1. This is us in London in April. So many unwritten books, untold stories, unlived days 💔 For Russia pic.twitter.com/kV2hhOUEOW
— Olga Tokariuk (@olgatokariuk) July 2, 2023
He added: “He was an incredibly brave person, frank, eloquent and committed to Ukraine. He did a lot for others. My role model. His loss is immensely painful and leaves a great void inside.”
(See: ‘They don’t just want to conquer territories, but to end Ukraine’: Sergio Jaramillo)
From the official account of the ‘Hold on Ukraine’ campaign, led by the Colombians, they also announced the death of the writer and shared a heartfelt message:
“Friends of ¡Aguanta Ukraine!, the PEN Club of Ukraine, which has supported us at all times, has just informed that we unfortunately lost Victoria, as a result of the injuries caused by the Russian missile.
We spent two magical and sad days in the Donbas, with Victoria as our guide.
She was only 37 years old and she was a writer with a bright future, who gave everything for her country. Rest in peace. She honors a Ukrainian patriot.”
Friends of ¡Aguanta Ukraine!, the PEN Club of Ukraine, which has supported us at all times, has just informed that we unfortunately lost Victoria, as a result of the injuries caused by the Russian missile.
We spent two magical and sad days in the Donbas, with… pic.twitter.com/z098awjHrs
— #AGUANTAUCRANIA 🇺🇦 (@AguantaUcrania) July 2, 2023
The serious condition of Victoria Amelina after a missile attack
According to a Colombian statement published on June 27, Amelina suffered a severe injury to her skull “probably caused by flying glass and beams”.
The writer Victoria Amelia died.
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“We reject this new criminal attack by Russia against the population of Kramatorsk, which already in April last year had seen 63 civilians die when Russia launched a missile on the train station. Attacking civilian places is a barbaric act,” they said.
A day earlier, Amelina had posted a photo of Abad with this message: “The famous Colombian writer Hector Abad Faciolince and the Ukrainian librarian Yulia in the liberated town of Kapytolivka, where the Ukrainian writer Volodymyr Vakulenko was kidnapped by the occupiers. It feels like a solidarity hug from Latin America for Ukraine 💛💙”.
After the attack, former commissioner Jaramillo revealed at the time that they were fine (Faciolince, Jaramillo and Gómez), but that Amelina is seriously injured. “Hold on Ukraine! Those who can pray for Victoria Amelina. We are fine.”
(In context: ‘Those who can, pray for Victoria Amelina’: Sergio Jaramillo after attack in Ukraine)
The writer was 37 years old. She was originally from Leopolis, Ukraine.
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