Ukrainian novelist Victoria Amelina dies, injured in the Russian bombing of a pizzeria

The Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina, 37, victim of the Russian bombing of a pizzeria in Kramatorsk on June 27, has died as a result of the serious injuries suffered in the attack, which cost the lives of twelve people, according to the agency.

Oliver Thansan
Oliver Thansan
02 July 2023 Sunday 04:21
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Ukrainian novelist Victoria Amelina dies, injured in the Russian bombing of a pizzeria

The Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina, 37, victim of the Russian bombing of a pizzeria in Kramatorsk on June 27, has died as a result of the serious injuries suffered in the attack, which cost the lives of twelve people, according to the agency. Efe citing local sources.

Amelina was in a pizzeria at the time of the attack with Héctor Abad, also a Colombian writer, representative of Aguanta Ukraine, a South American movement in support of the Ukrainian struggle, and the former high commissioner for peace of the Colombian presidency, Sergio Jaramillo, as well as the journalist Catalina Gómez, who has narrated for La Vanguardia the horror of this war from the field and who was having dinner with them at the moment of the missile impact. All three suffered minor injuries.

Eleven other people who were on the premises died in the indiscriminate attack, including three minors: two 14-year-old sisters, Yuliya and Anna Aksenchenko, and a 17-year-old boy.

According to Ukrainian police, Russia fired two Iskander short-range ballistic missiles at this city, which was home to 150,000 people before the war began. Ukrainian authorities detained a suspect as a guide from the ground for Russian shells.