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"As long as a writer is read, they're still alive".
These were the words Ukrainian novelist Victoria Amelina wrote as a foreword to a diary she helped to publish from Ukrainian children's author Volodymyr Vakulenko.
It documented his life under occupation - he'd buried it under a cherry tree in his backyard before he was abducted and killed by Russian soldiers.
Victoria found the diary, and helped get it published.
His experiences were to be included as part of her own book - which was to be based on people documenting the war.
But Victoria never got to finish it - she was in a pizzaria in Donetsk region in June 2023 when it was hit by a Russian airstrike.
She died in hospital a few days later.
60 percent of Victoria's book called Looking at Women, Looking at War, was finished.
A group of her friends, colleagues - and her husband Alex - decided to ensure it was published.
Tetyana Teren tells Kathryn why it was vital Victoria's work wasn't lost to history.
