Diaries from Ukraine Vahur Laiapea, Ott Palumäe, Tiiu Palumäe, Jaanus Piirsalu, Vahur Laiapea

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Laiapea, Vahur, Author.

Contributor:

Palumäe, Ott, Translator.

Palumäe, Tiiu, Translator.

Piirsalu, Jaanus, Author of introduction, etc.

Laiapea, Vahur, Author of introduction, etc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ukraine.

Krieg.

War.

Local Subjects:

Ukraine.

Krieg.

War.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (155 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hannover ibidem 2025

Biography/History:

Vahur Laiapea is an Estonian documentary film maker and writer. He has visited Ukraine on numerous occasions during the ongoing war.

Vahur Laiapea is an Estonian documentary film maker and writer. He has visited Ukraine on numerous occasions during the ongoing war.

Vahur Laiapea is an Estonian documentary film maker and writer. He has visited Ukraine on numerous occasions during the ongoing war.

Summary:

War needs statistics. Numerical data on enemy casualties, equipment, losses and victories. But only those who come very close to it understand the nature of war. Only those and anyone who goes off to war themselves. War mercilessly exposes one’s innermost depths. Those perceived to be strong may prove to be weak, just as those perceived weak may in fact be strong. When writing this book, Vahur Laiapea went to meet people who are deeply affected by Russia’s aggression in Ukraine, whose loved ones it kills and maims, whose souls are left with scars that will never completely heal. Vahur Laiapea is an Estonian documentary film maker and writer whose work has at times led him into extreme situations. On April 18, 2017, he was kidnapped in Afghanistan by members of the Taliban. Late that evening, he was standing on the edge of a ready dug grave expecting machine gun fire to riddle his back. It didn’t. Laiapea has visited Ukraine on numerous occasions during the ongoing war. He is currently working on a documentary film and a book about Serhii Kazimir, a Ukrainian officer who returned home in January 2024 as the result of a prisoner exchange after having been a prisoner of war in Russia for almost two years.

ISBN:

9783838279770

3838279778

Publisher Number:

9783838279770