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OPINION | Juliana Claassens: Crying the names of each of our sisters in the grips of war

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Novelist Victoria Amelina died following rocket fire by Russian troops at a restaurant in Kramatorsk last year. (Olena Znak/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
Novelist Victoria Amelina died following rocket fire by Russian troops at a restaurant in Kramatorsk last year. (Olena Znak/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Juliana Claassens reflects on the impact the words of journalist Victoria Amelina, who died last year in the Ukraine-Russia war, had on her. She writes that this year, more than others, we are faced with the plight of women in the grips of war as we celebrate International Women's Day.

In a barren springtime field;

Stands a woman dressed in black;

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