Yeva Skalietska

Yeva Skalietska is a 13 year old girl from Kharkiv, Ukraine. Her hobbies include painting, playing the piano, learning languages and writing.

On February 24 2022, her life changed instantly. Russia started a war with Ukraine and Yeva witnessed the first minutes of the war. All the fear and anxiety that she experienced and lived through, she described in her diary.

On October 25 2022, her diary was published with the title You don't know what war is: the diary of a young girl from Ukraine.

Since March 2022, she has been living in Dublin, Ireland. “I dream that this will help people understand what war really does. It destroys. Families. Children. We can live without wars, hunger, thirst, sickness and suffering. My generation can make our world meaningful and self-sufficient. Strong faith in God works wonders.”

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“I want my book to spread more and more around the world and for more people to know about it. And I also want to travel a lot and tell people about the horrors that war can bring, to make the world a kinder and better place.”

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