February 17, presentation of the book about the Donetsk airport defense “Hell 242. The history of courage, brotherhood and sacrifice” will be held in “Knigarnya E”.
“The book “Hell 242” – a true almanac about the defense of the Donetsk airport, or Hell, as it was called by defenders of the airport, who received the name “cyborgs” – according to a report on the event page on Vkontakte.
Journalists of “Radio Svoboda” started collecting stories of airport defenders since May, 2014. Journalists gathered unique material: more than 100 interviews, dozens of exclusive photos from the scene, including a photo of participants of Defense and the world-famous reporter of “Los Angeles Times” – Sergey Loiko.
Recall, the correspondent of the American newspaper “Los Angeles Times” Sergei Loiko in the midst of the battle for the airport spent a few days together with Ukrainian soldiers.
Where: “Knigarnya E” and V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
When: February 17
Time: “Knigarnya E” – 18:30, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University – 14:00
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