When asked what we can do to help Ukraine, his first thought is to recommend nonfiction. “Find out more about Ukraine. Read about our history: Serhii Plokhy’s The Gates of Europe; Anne Applebaum’s Red Famine; Timothy Snyder’s Bloodlands. It’s really important to understand the difference between Russia and Ukraine. If you really want to know about Ukraine’s history and why this is happening, read those books.”

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/apr/05/im-not-scared-of-war-any-more-death-and-the-penguin-author-andrey-kurkov-on-life-in-kyiv