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The Latest Breaking News from Victoria Amelina

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 858

As the war enters its 858th day, these are the main developments.

Al Jazeera

‘They burned books, like the Nazis did 80 years ago’: Russia’s deadly attack on Ukraine’s biggest printing house

A Russian missile killed seven people and wiped out the country’s main book printer in May. But moves are already afoot to rebuild Factor Druk

The Guardian - UK

Night Train to Odesa by Jen Stout review – from Ukraine with love

Ordinary Ukrainians and their haunting stories are the heroes of the Scottish reporter’s wonderful hymn to an embattled nation

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Love, grieving, intimacy and enduring war: what is the role now for books and writers in Ukraine?

The Lviv BookForum was vibrant this year, but still there is the backdrop of conflict and the need to find a place for storytelling, says Charlotte Higgins, the Guardian’s chief culture writer

The Guardian - UK

Rare book donations sought for auction to help Ukraine booksellers

Organisers are also seeking artworks and manuscripts while authors are invited to donate signed first-edition copies of their books for an online auction in November

The Guardian - UK

A murdered writer, his secret diary of the invasion of Ukraine – and the war crimes investigator determined to find it

When he realised the Russians were coming for him, Ukrainian writer Volodymyr Vakulenko buried his journal. Then he was taken away never to return. Now, his chronicle has been unearthed …

The Guardian - UK

She saved the diary of a Ukrainian writer killed by Russia. Then she was killed, too

Award-winning novelist Victoria Amelina, who retrained as a war crimes researcher to document Russian atrocities and preserve Ukrainian culture, has met a tragic end.

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Stalin erased one generation of Ukraine’s artists. Now Putin is killing another – including my friend

An archive holding works by writers purged in the 1930s also hosted Victoria Amelina, lost to a Russian strike this summer, says Guardian culture writer Charlotte Higgins

The Guardian - UK

War and Punishment: The Story of Russian Oppression and Ukrainian Resistance by Mikhail Zygar – review

This haunting history explores 350 years of ‘Russocentric exceptionalism’, debunking the myths fuelling Putin’s imperialism

The Guardian - UK

What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis

Russia strikes Lviv, a Ukrainian city far from the frontline; remembering Victoria Amelina

The Guardian - AU

Trudy Rubin: As we celebrated our independence, Ukrainians fought and died to keep theirs

As we celebrated the Fourth of July with hot dogs and fireworks, mourners gathered at Kyiv’s famous St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Cathedral. They were paying last respects to one of Ukraine’s most noted young writers.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Victoria Amelina, killed by Russian rockets, joins a procession of Ukrainian writers whose lives were cut short by oppressors

Histories of modern Ukrainian literature are often as much about writers’ lives as their works. This is scarcely surprising.

The Conversation

Vladimir Putin claims Russia ‘united as never before’ as prominent journalist is beaten

Armed and masked men attack Novaya Gazeta reporter Yelena Milashina

The Independent UK

Ukrainians honor award-winning writer killed in Russian missile attack on restaurant

Dozens of people with flowers have come to say goodbye to an award-winning Ukrainian writer who was killed by a Russian missile attack on a popular restaurant in east Ukraine

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‘Her smile sparkled even in the most difficult times’: novelist Andrey Kurkov on Victoria Amelina

Thanks to her vivacious personality, award-winning novels and tireless human rights activism the young writer’s legacy will live long after her untimely death

Daily Mirror

'Crumbling' Putin's reaction to Wagner rebellion shows he's 'weak' says Zelensky

Volodymyr Zelensky has called the Russian President "weak" and said the "power he used to have is just crumbling down" in scathing new comments about the Wagner rebellion

The Independent UK

Award-winning Ukrainian writer dies of injuries suffered in Russian missile attack on restaurant

The PEN America rights group says award-winning Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina has died from her injuries suffered after a Russian missile attack on a popular restaurant last week

Al Jazeera

Victoria Amelina, Ukrainian novelist, killed in Russian attack

A war crimes researcher and novelist, the 37-year-old died from wounds sustained in Tuesday’s missile attack.

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Victoria Amelina: Ukrainian writer dies after Russian missile strike on Kramatorsk pizzeria

War crimes researcher Victoria Amelina, 37, became the 13th person to die from the attack

The Guardian - UK

My friend was out for pizza when the missile hit. Putin’s targeting of civilians must be punished

Last weekend, Victoria Amelina and I discussed the Kremlin’s violations in Ukraine. Days later, she became their victim, says Nataliya Gumenyuk, the co-founder of the Reckoning Project

Al Jazeera

‘Everywhere, things are hot’: Ukraine battles Russian onslaught

Mixed picture for Kyiv’s forces as Russia fights to hold onto Ukrainian land captured after February 2022 invasion.

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: Russia reducing its presence at nuclear power plant, says Ukraine; Pope says war seems to have ‘no end’ – as it happened

Ukraine’s military intelligence directorate warns that staff are leaving Zaporizhzhia as Moscow has mined power units; Pope Francis calls for peace

The Guardian - UK

Ukrainian author Victoria Amelina critically injured in Kramatorsk strike

Novelist confirmed to be among at least 60 injured in Russian attack on restaurant that killed 12

The Guardian - UK

‘I too was an orangutan in a zoo’: Russia’s bizarre propaganda in Ukraine

Radio scripts found in liberated Kherson mix Soviet nostalgia with supposed humour and veiled threats

The Guardian - UK

‘This only unites us’: defiance as deadly strikes bring war back to Kyiv

Series of missiles shatter several months of calm but normal life quickly returns amid the destruction

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