Children's book author Volodymyr Vakulenko was shot by Russian forces in spring 2022.
Sources
- Tetiana Pylypchuk über „Antitext“ und Zensur (blog.dnb.de)
- https://www.newsweek.com/award-winning-ukrainian-writer-volodymyr-vakulenko-killed-russians-left-street-month-1763291 (newsweek.com)
- https://war.pen.org.ua/the-case-of-volodymyr-vakulenko (war.pen.org.ua)
- https://iwpr.net/global-voices/hearing-over-murder-famed-childrens-author-adjourned (iwpr.net)
- https://babel.ua/en/texts/105966-two-years-ago-the-ukrainian-writer-volodymyr-vakulenko-was-executed-near-izyum-the-official-investigation-suspects-luhansk-militants-but-truth-hounds-thinks-of-the-fsb-and-a-russian-colonel-key-invest (babel.ua)
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