Award-winning Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina has died from injuries sustained after a Russian missile hit a pizza restaurant in Kramatorsk on Tuesday
Writers' association PEN Ukraine released a statement saying medics"did everything they could to save her life, but unfortunately the wound was fatal".Kramatorsk is under Ukrainian control but is close to Russian-occupied areas of the country.Amelina was dining with a group of Colombian journalists and writers in the Ria Lounge when the missile hit.
"It is with great pain that we inform you that the heart of the writer Victoria Amelina stopped beating on 1 July," the group said in a statement.This content is provided by, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies. You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enablecookies or to allow those cookies just once.
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