Faina Savenkova: It’s Very Simple to Tell the Truth, One Just Needs to Try
NEW – August 3, 2022 In the light of developments in the east of the state of the Republic of Ukraine, in Donbass, since 2014, we…
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Faina Savenkova: Dear Mr Orban…
NEW – July 30, 2022 To His Excellency the Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor, Hello, Mr. Orban! My name is Faina, I am 13 years old…
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Faina Savenkova: My Response to Ella From Germany
NEW – April 30, 2022 Recently, an Italian journalist told me that children should have a sunny childhood and they should not interfere in politics. I’m…
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Faina Savenkova: Letters From the Frontline
NEW – April 24, 2022 Hello, great-grandfather Vasily! We are again on the eve of Victory Day. And I want to apologise to you. I’m sorry…
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Faina Savenkova: Spiegel’s Silence
NEW – April 17, 2022 Going through my old photos, I came across a photo with Christian Esch, a journalist for the German magazine “Spiegel”. Yes,…
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LPR Resident Faina Savenkova: As Long as the Story Is Told, the World Lives in Hope
Almost every night I go outside and look at the starry sky. All is quiet. The city is resting in sleepy bliss. Only in the distance…
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Interview With 11-Year-Old Lugansk People’s Republic Resident Faina Savenkova
People go to art through pain, what made you write? Where did so much power come from? What has shaken you in your life? “It’s probably…
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13-Year-Old Lugansk Girl’s Response to Roger Waters
NEW – March 20, 2022 The reverse side of the moon Hello, Mr. Waters! I read your answer to a girl from Ukraine and once again…
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This War Between Good and Evil Didn’t Start Yesterday… And It Won’t End Today.
Aleksandr Kontorovich, writer: Very often, the author is usually asked – “How was the idea of your book born, and what did you mean by this?”…
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Eternal Struggle Between Good & Evil
Interview with Aleksandr Kontrovich, a well-known science fiction writer and LPR soldier, and Faina Savenkova, a young girl living in Lugansk, about their co-written children’s novel…
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LPR: The Story Of One Festival
In September, Donetsk will host the second festival “Stars Above Donbass”. While preparing for it, participants of the first festival, science fiction writer Aleksandr Kontorovich and…
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Forgotten Fates
Going through old family albums, I stare at the faces in the yellowed photographs. Ordinary unremarkable people. I don’t even know many of the people whose…
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World Children’s Day: A Message From Donbass
Read more about Faina Savenkova here.
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“Peace for the children of Donbass” Action in the Centre of Berlin
The world is changing, whether we want this or not. It is possible to deceive a lot and to say that Russia is waging war in Donbass….
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“Alive”: War in Donbass as Told by an 11-Year-Old Girl
Each person knows that any war always has a beginning and an end. But official dates often remain nothing more than cold indifferent dates in memory…
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Half of My Life Is War, But It Shouldn’t Be Like This…
I still can’t get rid of the idea of why and how we allowed the war in Donbass. We are a peaceful, educated and hospitable people,…
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Festive Theatre Performances in Lugansk During War
“Luspekayeva” theatre is a resurgent phoenix, warming our souls with its warmth in this cold time. Everyone spent their childhood in their own way: some in…
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Festival During War
The first time I got to the science fiction festival in Donetsk was completely by accident. My teacher could not come, and I wrote to Aleksandr…
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“God made the world for us to share and take care of, not to fight”
On our small planet, children die every day from military operations. Syria, Afghanistan, Donbass, other parts of the world… Unfortunately, for most politicians, another dead child…
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“Mirotvorets” Added a 12-year-old Girl From the LPR to its Database
Today I learned that a 12-year-old writer from Lugansk, Faina Savenkova, who on Children’s Day appealed for peace to the members of the UN Security Council…
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Donbass – My Love, Donbass – My Pain
Last night, when I was once again walking through the dank autumn city, I met a snail. It was crawling along the side of the road…
