Danylo “Dozor” Denysevych

Hero of VARTA · Novella «Cherubs»

Danylo “Dozor” Denysevych

Poet, film student · killed near Bakhmut on 3 May 2023 · 21

Danylo comes from the artistic Denysevych family from Khotiv, Kyiv region. He wrote the poem “I am a butterfly…” at the age of twelve. Before the full-scale invasion he studied to become a film director and dreamed of making movies.

He was killed on 3 May 2023 near Bakhmut defending Ukraine. In the first VARTA novella, “Cherubs”, the poem is read by his brother Ivan Denysevych.

In their own words

I am a butterfly, I am love, I am happiness, I am compassion, and nobody will ever destroy them in me, because my molecules are saturated with atoms of love, and my bones will never tremble with anger.

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