Ukrainian writer Stanislav Aseyev injured on front line

Stanislav Aseyev, Ukrainian writer and journalist, laureate of the Shevchenko National Prize and former captive of the so-called "DNR" ("Donetsk People's Republic"), has been injured on the front line.

Source: Aseyev on Twitter (X)

Quote: "I am alive, although by all the laws of physics and probability, I should have been dead. Sadly, the positions have been lost. Right now, I am in the hospital with a concussion," wrote Aseyev.

He also added that he will soon contact his followers for help, as his unit has suffered significant losses in equipment.

On his Facebook page, journalist Denys Kazanskyi posted that Aseyev's unit is "fighting on the hottest front near the village of Ocheretyne."

Kazanskyi called on people to support the wounded writer by ordering his recently published book called Melkhiorovyi slon (Ukrainian for "Melchior Elephant"; this can be done via the link). "Stas planned to present it in Kyiv on 28 April, but he could not due to the escalation on the front," added Kazanskyi.

Note: Stanislav Aseyev is a Ukrainian writer, journalist, and member of the Ukrainian PEN. Under the pseudonym Stanislav Vasin, he worked as a journalist in occupied Donetsk, writing for Radio Liberty and Ukrainskyi Tyzhden (Ukrainian Week). He was kidnapped by "DNR" terrorists on 11 May 2017, as they accused him of "espionage" and illegally detained him until 29 December 2019.

He is the author of the autobiographical novel Melkhiyorovyi slon, abo Liudyna, yaka dumala (Melkhior's Elephant, or The Man Who Thought), prose book Anderkhillskiye vedmy: drama (Underhill Witches: Drama), and poetry. In 2021, he was awarded the Shevchenko National Prize for the book V izolyatsii (In Isolation), and in 2022, he claimed tge prize again, with the book Svitlyi shliakh (Bright Path: History of One Concentration Camp).

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