Vivat publishing house

As a result of the Russian blow to Kharkiv, on May 23, the employees of the Vivat printing house were killed. Five dead are women. To establish the names of the victims, DNA expertise had to be done in the National Police. Seven people were killed on May 23. Among the victims of the Armed Forces are printing workers in Kharkiv, who produced books for Vivat publishing house. During the fire, 50 thousand books were burned, the typographic equipment and the book publishing market can be wiped by 30-40%.

Focus gathered information about the effects of Russian missiles on Kharkiv. Mayor of Kharkiv Igor Terekhov, starting from 10 hours. May 23, reported the strikes of Russian rockets. Air alarm in the regional center lasted about six hours, residents heard, according to various estimates, from three to five explosions. The head of Kharkiv Ova Oleg Synigubov for about 11 hours. He wrote that the Russians released 15 C-300 missiles and hit the object of transport infrastructure.

It was previously known about four dead and up to a dozen wounded. The owner of the Vivat publishing house Yulia Orlova reported that the Russian rocket had hit the typography, the employees of the enterprise were injured, two were killed. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has published a fire in Vivat. The video showed a burning room, destroyed books, the work of rescuers who pulled people out of debris.

The politician stressed that Ukraine needs additional air defense tools to protect civilians from Russian shelling. Subsequently, it became known that the Russian rocket got into the Typography "Factor-Printing", which prints books for Vivat and others. The owner of the typography Sergey Political in an interview with Radio Liberty said that 50,000 copies were burned down, among them a large part of the textbooks, there was also fiction.

Ukrainian book publishers 90% of the circulation were produced in Kharkiv, so we can expect a reduction in the capacity of Ukrainian book publishing by 30-40%, he said. The head of the Investigation Department of the National Police in the Kharkiv region Sergey Bolvinov spoke about four victims of the Russian blow to the Typography "Print Factor". According to him, it was possible to find out the names of all the dead, whereby the DNA test had to be conducted.

Victims of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation - employees of the typography in Kharkiv: Bolvinov noted that there are also unidentified remains that specialists work with. He did not name the names. On the network you can find the testimony of the writer whose book was printed on "Print Factor". On the Facebook page, Anna Gin wrote that one of the victims was called "Lena" and she worked as a bookmaker of books.

The Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office reported that seven people - five women and one person were killed on May 23 as a result of a Russian blow, and one more victim was set. Wounded - 16 Ukrainians. Investigators opened criminal proceedings for violations of the rules and customs of war, is reported in the post of department.

The Ukrainians were addressed by writer Oksana Zabuzhko, who called on the purchase of Vivat books to help the publishing house recover from the shelling of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In addition, on the Vivat portal you can see the account numbers that raise funds for the victims and restore the typography. Also, the International Renaissance Foundation has reported that it allocates funds for the restoration of destroyed equipment - it was written on the Facebook Fund page.