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   Tim Mak (timkmak@journa.host)'s status on Monday, 03-Jul-2023 22:59:01 JST Tim Mak

   Here’s what The Counteroffensive is reading today:

   Victoria Amelina has died following injuries sustained during the Kramatorsk restaurant attack.

   She was one of Ukraine's brightest novelists, and had been covering war crimes committed by Russia.

   https://kyivindependent.com/pen-ukraine-writer-victoria-amelina-dies-following-kramatorsk-strike/

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     Tim Mak (timkmak@journa.host)'s status on Monday, 03-Jul-2023 22:58:58 JST Tim Mak

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     "I believed in this Russian world, can you imagine? All my life I believed we were brothers!’ the poor man exclaimed, surrounded by the ruins of his beloved city.

     It must be way more painful to realize where your true home is in such a cruel way...”

     http://www.iwpcollections.org/victoria-amelina

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     Tim Mak (timkmak@journa.host)'s status on Monday, 03-Jul-2023 22:58:59 JST Tim Mak

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     So today, in lieu of news, we will be posting excerpts of her writing.

     “Air-raid sirens across the country
     It feels like everyone is brought out
     For execution
     But only one person gets targeted
     Usually the one at the edge
     
     This time not you; all clear”

     http://www.verseville.org/poems-by-victoria-amelina.html

     Børge repeated this.
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     Tim Mak (timkmak@journa.host)'s status on Monday, 03-Jul-2023 22:59:00 JST Tim Mak

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     Amelina had been in Kramatorsk with a delegation of Colombian writers and journalists when Russia hit the restaurant she had been at on June 27.

     She died of her injuries on July 1. There were 13 killed and ~60 wounded in the attack.

     https://pen.org.ua/en/ne-stalo-viktoriyi-amelinoyi-ukrayinskoyi-pysmennyci-ta-nashoyi-dorohoyi-kolehy