Following the military invasion by Russia, a 17-year-old Ukrainian girl who took refuge in Japan wrote a diary in Japanese about her life after the invasion began. Reported.

Zlata Ivashkova, 17, from Dnipro in the eastern part of Ukraine, left her parents' home in April this year to evacuate to Japan after being invaded by the military. are learning

Zlata, who has been self-studying Japanese since the age of 13, will publish a diary in Japanese on the 1st of next month, describing his life since the invasion began. I went to report to the Ukrainian Embassy.



In her diary, she describes how she took a train and left for neighboring Poland in a few days while the bombing continued, but she was infected with the new coronavirus just before she boarded the plane to Japan, and how she was in a peaceful environment in Japan. The joy of being able to study is recorded.

Ambassador to Japan Korsunsky said, "It is truly wonderful to be able to write this much in Japanese. I would like to introduce this book widely."



After reporting to the ambassador, Mr. Zlata said, "I decided to publish a book to convey my gratitude to the many people who helped me evacuate to Japan. I hope that this war will end as soon as possible and that Russia will continue to do so." I hope that we will return to our original relationship without hating each other."