Volodymyr Vakulenko. “Sometimes overly harsh, but intensely honest with himself and the world ”

Collage by Olena Zelenina.

Today, on July 1, Volodymyr Vakulenko (1972-1922), a children's writer, translator, poet, volunteer, and public figure from Kapitolivka, Kharkiv region, would have turned 53. The Russian occupiers killed him for his pro-Ukrainian position.