The Kyiv Independent – > 189
orig date 2023-09-28 23:43:33
02:41 29-09-2023 
Iryna Tsilyk: Losing intellectuals on front lines is disastrous for Ukrainian culture
In an interview with the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, exclusively re-published by the Kyiv Independent, Ukrainian filmmaker and writer Iryna Tsilyk said: “We are losing so many intellectuals, philosophers, writers, bright minds! You probably know some of these tragic stories — of how the Russian military killed the Ukrainian writer Volodymyr Vakulenko. His body was found in a mass grave. Another writer, intellectual, and volunteer — Viktoria Amelina — was just a customer at a cafe when a Russian missile hit it and killed her.
In an interview with the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, exclusively re-published by the Kyiv Independent, Ukrainian filmmaker and writer Iryna Tsilyk said: “We are losing so many intellectuals, philosophers, writers, bright minds! You probably know some of these tragic stories — of how the Russian military killed the Ukrainian writer Volodymyr Vakulenko. His body was found in a mass grave. Another writer, intellectual, and volunteer — Viktoria Amelina — was just a customer at a cafe when a Russian missile hit it and killed her.
And so many have already been killed at the front. It’s so painful that most of these people — young people, cool, strong personalities — are not only losing their chance to build a house, to raise a child, but they’re also losing all these chances to create some new senses and narratives.”
Read the rest of the interview here.