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Ukraine Wartime Romance Novel Ditched After Backlash

A novel depicting a forbidden love affair between a Ukrainian woman and a Russian soldier has been pulped after concerns it risked romanticising the war.

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The author stated that she did not want to romanticize the war. The German publisher Molino Verlag wrote a novel about the love of Ukrainians and Russian soldiers in occupied Herson. Even before the book was published, the book was accused of romanticizing war and civil suffering. Wave RBC.UA wrote about it with reference to agency dpa. What was the book by Roman Youna Libreville, "Who am I, when you see me?" was supposed to be her literary debu…

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Ukraine wartime romance novel ditched after backlash

A novel depicting a forbidden love affair between a Ukrainian woman and a Russian soldier has been pulped after concerns it risked romanticising the war.

·Osborne Park, Australia
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A love novel in which protagonists are a Russian soldier and a Ukrainian from the occupied city of Herson sparked a huge controversy in Germany. The publishing, which was to launch the book on November 1,...

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A Ukrainian-Russian love story causes resentment in the net even before publication. The publisher stops the project. They did not want to romanticize the war, the author explains.

·Berlin, Germany
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A Russian soldier and a Ukrainian civilian fall in love with the story of a young author. Even before the publishing house publishes her book, there is fierce criticism of the portrayal.

·Hamburg, Germany
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A Russian soldier and a Ukrainian civilian fall in love with the story of a young author. Even before the publishing house publishes her book, there is fierce criticism of the portrayal.

·Frankfurt, Germany
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Zeit Online broke the news in Germany on Friday, October 16, 2026.
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