In a written statement made by the writers’ association PEN Ukraine, it was stated that the Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina died on July 1 at the Mechnikov Hospital, where she was taken to Dnipro due to the fatal wounds she sustained when the restaurant in Kramatorsk was hit by Russian missiles on June 27. It was stated that the announcement was made after Victoria’s family members were informed and with their consent.
“HE WAS AT DINNER WITH THE COLOMBIAN WRITERS AND JOURNALISTS”
“On 27 June, Ukrainian writer and PEN Ukraine member Victoria Amelina, who documented Russia’s war crimes with the human rights initiative Truth Hounds, was in Kramatorsk with a delegation of Colombian writers and journalists. While they were having dinner at the Ria Lounge restaurant in the city centre, the Russians launched a missile attack on this restaurant. Victoria was seriously injured. Doctors and paramedics in Kramatorsk and Dnipro did their best to save his life, but the wounds were fatal. In the last days of Victoria’s life, her closest relatives and friends were by her side. Based on interviews with witnesses, PEN Ukraine and Truth Hounds had previously declared that the Russian bombing of a civilian object in a Ukrainian city was another war crime committed by the Russian military in Ukraine. Demolition analysis and evidence from witnesses indicate that the Russians used high-precision Iskander missiles. They clearly knew that they were bombing a place with large numbers of civilians. As far as we know, there are 13 dead and about 60 injured.
“WAR CRIMES DOCUMENTED”
Born on January 1, 1986 in Lviv, Ukraine, Amelina moved to Canada with her father as a child, but decided to return to Ukraine for a short time, and in 2022, after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that started on February 24, 2022. It was stated that he joined the human rights organization Truth Hounds. It was stated that Amelina documented Russian war crimes in the occupied territories of the Eastern, Southern and Northern regions of Ukraine, especially in Kapytolivka near Izyum, where she found the diary of Ukrainian writer Volodymyr Vakulenko, who was killed by the Russians.
(DHA)