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Poems by Svitlana Povaliaieva published, marking loss of two sons

Original: “Autumn in the sky...” Four Poems by Svitlana # Povaliaieva Timothy Snyder Oct 25, 2026 Svitlana Povaliaieva (b. 1974) i

Historian Timothy Snyder published 'Autumn in the sky...', four poems by Ukrainian poet, journalist and activist Svitlana Povaliaieva, born 1974. Both of her sons, Roman and Vasyl Ratushnyi, were killed fighting in the war against Russia. Readers are sharing the poems as a moving expression of grief and resistance from a mother who lost both children in the conflict.

Why now: The poems' publication draws attention to the human cost of the war in Ukraine and the story of a mother who lost both her sons fighting.

Svitlana PovaliaievaTimothy SnyderRoman RatushnyiVasyl RatushnyiUkraine

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• “Autumn in the sky...” Four Poems by Svitlana # Povaliaieva Timothy Snyder Oct 25, 2026 Svitlana Povaliaieva (b. 1974) is a Ukrainian poet, journalist, and activist. ... Her younger son Roman # Ratushnyi was killed in action that June. Her elder son Vasyl # Ratushnyi was killed… · WiRu@ruhr.social · 4

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