The attack on a Russian restaurant leaves the award-winning Ukrainian writer seriously injured

Award-winning Ukrainian writer and war crimes researcher, Victoria Amelina37 years old, was seriously injured in a attack from a Russian missile to an oriental pizzeria Ukraineon the night of last Tuesday, the 27th.

The attack on the Ria Lounge, one of Kramatorsk’s most popular restaurants, killed 12 people and injured at least 60 others, according to the The Guardian.

The plant was full of civilians when it was hit. “There were no military items that could be a legal target for that day’s attack,” PEN Ukraine and the Truth Hounds group said in a statement.

“The bombing of the Kramatorsk Ria Lounge is another crime in this chain and (yet another) proof of the way the Russians conduct their wars,” the statement continued.

According to Russia, the attack targeted Ukrainian servicemen and foreign mercenaries: “Analysis of the destruction and eyewitness accounts indicate that, most likely, Russia’s military used an Iskander missile to carry out the attack.” reads the press release. with PEN Ukraine. “This is a high-precision missile, so the Russians knew exactly what it was going to hit.”

More information about Vittoria Amelina

The researcher stopped writing after the Russian invasion last year and focused on documenting war crimes and working with children on or near the front lines.

His work included discovering the diary of Volodymyr Vakulenkoa fellow writer who was illegally detained and killed by Russian soldiers in the city of Izium early in the war.

The diary, buried in his garden, served as a real-time record of Russian atrocities.

Source: Terra