The presentation took place on Thursday, September 3, at the Ukrainian house. In Knigann ":" on Wednesday, September 9, held an autograph session with the author of the novel "Airport" by Sergei Loyko.

"Airport" is the main book about the war, which was not to be, and about the heroes who wanted to live but was dead."

The novel "Airport" is not a chronicle, but fiction based on real facts. The plot of the book along with the cyborgs at the Airport is American photographer, who for a number of reasons is going through this optional war as a personal drama. Through his eyes, like a kaleidoscope, in the intervals between battles, the reader sees the story from the Maidan to the destruction of the Airport.

The event started with a moment of silence for all the victims in the war the Ukrainians. After the screen showed the book trailer - the photographs of Sergei Loiko of the most advanced in the accompaniment of the song Okean Elzy "Oh someone's horse 'stojit'".

During the presentation Loyko read a passage from the book about the history of Russian mother who learns that her son died in the war against Ukraine.

"The war affected women. It must cease immediately! There is no justification ", - Sergey Loyko.

The main line of the novel is set in the last five days with over a 240-day defense of the airport. This is the period when the author had been in combat, along with the Ukrainian military.

According to the author, the book he wrote about the war between Russia and Ukraine, because "otherwise the call it impossible". "From the beginning I realized that it have to be a novel, because in the chronicle, in the documentary evidence it is impossible to Express the depth of the tragedy, villainy, heroism, hatred, passion inherent in this war. I couldn't tell about her cold, detached tone of the chronicler," wrote the band on his blog.

In conclusion, the author invited on stage cyborgs who have helped and inspired writing, and thanked all those who joined in the creation of the book.

The event ended with an autograph session. The author and cyborgs gladly signed the book.

Sergei Loiko, correspondent and photographer at Los Angeles Times, specializing in the wars and armed conflicts. During this time he wrote over a thousand articles and has published more than 600 photos. His articles and photos reprinted in hundreds of Newspapers and magazines around the world.

Covered armed conflicts, revolution and war in Nagorno-Karabakh, Romania, Tajikistan, Chechnya, Georgia, Afghanistan, Iraq. In 2004 I wrote a documentary book "Shock and Awe. The war in Iraq".

Ukrainian revolution and subsequent war Sergey covered almost without interruption from the first day on 30 November 2013 to February 2015. In 2015 for work on the war in Ukraine Sergey Loyko was awarded one of the highest awards in American journalism - the Overseas Press Club's Bob Considine award "For courage , authenticity, originality, depth and expression dangerous." In the same year he was awarded the prestigious Los Angeles Times editorial award for "Best reporting in 2014."

Sergei was the only foreign correspondent who visited the Donetsk Airport in October 2014 and stayed there for four full days with the "cyborg".

As part of writing the novel, the author has recorded over 40 hours of interviews with cyborgs. Many of them were military advisers of the novel.

President's wife Maryna Poroshenko not left behind: getting the autographs, the First Lady joined the campaign "give a book to a soldier". "Dear Ukrainian soldiers! Your destiny was to fight for the freedom and independence of our state. You are the best sons of Ukraine! I bow to your mothers, parents and families! Believe in our victory! Glory To Ukraine! "- With these words the President's wife signed the book for the military. Collected specimens will be donated to the soldiers to the East.

Books from cascastel Sergei Loiko was taken to the centre "Desna" and send to the families of the boys.

One of the main advisers of the book, editor in chief of the Цензор. НЕТ Yuri Butusov.

"My favorite, brilliant actor Alexey Gorbunov agreed to record and record the audio version of the novel "Airport".
At the novel "Airport" will be your voice!", - wrote the band in his blog Facebook Аэропорт Сергея Лойко

The novel "Airport" set the record pre-orders of the literature in Ukraine: more than a thousand copies were bought in one of the online retailers, when the book was still in print.

One of the Hollywood studios talks about the film adaptation of articles of the author published in the American edition of the Los Angeles Times.

Photo gallery of "cyborgs", which was made famous in Sergei Ukraine, was not the editorial mission was an accident. The author has presented the portraits of the fighters, they are sold at charity auctions and collected hundreds of thousands of hryvnias for purchase of equipment to military hospitals.

МБФ "СЛАВА УКРАЇНІ" / ICF "GLORY TO UKRAINE" / FIB "GLOIRE À L'UKRAINE"