Journalist and author Natalia Kharakoz dies in Mariupol
Natalia Kharakoz, journalist, author, member of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine and the National Writers' Union of Ukraine, and head of the Azov Literary Club, died in the russian-blockaded Mariupol in Donetsk region.
This was announced by her relative, Mariupol journalist Anna Kotykhova.
In her comment to an IMI representative, Anna Kotykhova told that Natalia Kharakoz's house burned down and collapsed. After that, the woman had to live and hide in the basement. In early April, the relatives learned about the woman's death from her neighbors, but tried to find out the circumstances and causes of death. The lack of communication made it difficult to obtain this information.
"An author of countless books and the editor of my books, on the first day of the invasion she emailed me the draft of my next book with the postscript 'Sending this while there is still Internet access, save it.' I did.
But I did not save any of her books. The apartments – both mine and hers – burned to the ground along with all the books. And I don't know if her lines have survived in at least one library, at least one museum, at least in someone's intact house.
Now I really want to reread her short story 'Anyuta's Letters,' about how Anyuta lived through the Second World War – same Anyuta after whom I was named. But I can only snatch fragments from memory," Kotykhova wrote.
As IMI reported, as of April 29, 22 journalists had been killed in shelling by the russian occupiers since the beginning of their full-scale offensive in Ukraine.
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