Poet Maksym Kryvtsov killed in action

Ukrainian poet and soldier Maksym "Dali" Kryvtsov has been killed in action.

Source: Kryvtsov’s mother on his Facebook page; writer Liubko Deresh; volunteer Lesia Lytvynova

Details: On Sunday evening, the poet's mother Nadiia Krytsova wrote: "My dearest son will sprout violets," recalling lines from one of his poems.

In addition, the death of the poet was reported by writer Liubko Deresh, with reference to his friends, as well as volunteer and soldier Lesia Lytvynova.

Maksym Kryvtsov is the author of the book Poems from the Loophole, recognised as one of the best Ukrainian books of 2023 according to the Ukrainian PEN.

According to the Nash Format publishing house, Kryvtsov went to war as a volunteer in 2014. Subsequently, he worked at the Centre for Rehabilitation and Readaptation of Anti-Terrorist Operation and Joint Forces Operation participants and the Veteran Hub. After the beginning of the Russian full-scale invasion in 2022, he returned to the front.

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