Who was Victoria Amelina, late Ukrainian author struck by Russian missile

On July 1, prize-winning Ukrainian author Victoria Amelina passed away after being hit by a Russian missile in Kramatorsk on Tuesday.

The war crimes researcher is now the thirteenth victim of the assault.

The physicians “did everything they could to save her life, but sadly the wound was fatal,” according to the authors’ organization PEN Ukraine.

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Human rights advocates have referred to the assault as a war crime.

Despite being near regions of Ukraine that are seized by Russia, Kramatorsk is a Ukrainian city.

When the rocket struck, Amelina, 37, was having dinner with a group of journalists and writers from Colombia in the city’s well-known Ria Lounge. The attack also injured almost 60 additional people.

She was taken to a hospital in Dnipro right away but died on Friday from her wounds, according to PEN Ukraine.

The organisation released a statement saying, “It is with great sorrow that we inform you that the writer Victoria Amelina’s heart stopped beating on July 1.”

“Victoria’s family and friends were by her side in the final days of her life.”

Amelina, one of the most well-known young authors in Ukraine, began recording war crimes following Russia’s extensive invasion the previous year. She also began working with kids close to the front lines.

Volodymyr Vakulenko, a children’s author who was kidnapped and slain by Russian troops in the city of Izyum shortly after the invasion, had a diary that she discovered last year.

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War and Justice Diary: Looking at Women Looking at War, her first nonfiction book in English, is soon to be released.

PEN Ukraine and war crimes watchdog Truth Hounds reported that Amelina had travelled to the frontlines with them, and prior statements from both organisations confirmed that she had been hurt in the incident.

“Now, Victoria has become a victim of a war crime herself,” they declared.