![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/ukrainian-schoolgirls-diary-of-a-warzone-gains-celebrity-narrator/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/TELEMMGLPICT000315198322_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqMo7JxvluWsKEUmv5tFQxdldxKbk2_omqj2-TUS9CXPs.jpeg&description=A 12-year-old Ukrainian schoolgirl who has written a memoir about her experiences of the war has said Keira Knightley's narration was "like listening to myself" and that she hopes to meet the star. Yeva Skalietska told the Telegraph that Ms Knightley 'told every emotion that I lived through' as she read the book. 'When I was scared, when my friends were scared, she read this and she was narrating so powerfully,' the 12-year-old said. 'For me, it's a big honour that she made this.' Yeva penned a gripping diary of her life as a Ukrainian refugee called 'You Don't Know What War Is', chronicling her journey from war-torn Kharkiv to Dublin and the 12 days that changed her life forever. 'Everyone knows the word 'war'. But very few understand what it truly means,' an excerpt from the book reads. 'When you find you have to face it, you feel totally lost, walled in by fright and despair. Until you've been there, you don't know what war is.' It has been compared to Anne Frank's diary for its heartbreaking revelation into what war is like through the eyes of a child and is being published in 19 languages. Ms Knightley said she was 'honoured' to be chosen to narrate the UK version. "'You Don't Know What War Is' had a huge effect on me," she said. "It's an incredibly important story to tell that is both powerful and deeply moving. I feel honoured to be part of this publication, narrating Yeva's extraordinary tale of inspiration and bravery." Yeva awoke in the early hours of a February morning to the chilling sound of shelling as her area was struck by heavy bombardment. Russian President Vladimir Putin's attempt to seize Kharkiv had brought disaster to Ukraine's second-largest city. Shelling began raining down on Kharkiv and life in the apartment blocks dotted across it became a lottery. Although the eastern city never fell to Russian forces, unlike all of the areas around it, neighbourhoods were reduced to dust. As the bombs began to fall, Yeva ran with her grandmother to t){kind=link}
The memoir by Yeva Skaliestska, 12, has been compared to Anne Frank’s diary for its heartbreaking revelation of war through a child’s eyes
A 12-year-old Ukrainian schoolgirl who has written a memoir about her experiences of the war has said Keira Knightley’s narration was “like listening to myself” and that she hopes to meet the star.
Yeva Skalietska told the Telegraph that Ms Knightley “told every emotion that I lived through” as she read the book.
“When I was scared, when my friends were scared, she read this and she was narrating so powerfully,” the 12-year-old said. “For me, it’s a big honour that she made this.”
Yeva penned a gripping diary of her life as a Ukrainian refugee called ‘You Don’t Know What War Is’, chronicling her journey from war-torn Kharkiv to Dublin and the 12 days that changed her life forever.