“On the first day of the full-scale Russian invasion, there was only one bulletproof vest for journalists in the NSJU office.

Only one"

The following is the text in the original language. At the European Festival of Journalism and Media Freedom Voices in Florence, the National Council of Journalists of Ukraine and the network of Centers for Journalistic Solidarity awarded the festival's flagship award - the Media Freedom Award..

This is a true sign - the teams of the Centers for Journalistic Solidarity.

Fifteen people in different places of Ukraine, who are constantly working under constant anxiety, during blackouts and in the minds of constant stress, tried to help journalists in trouble.

Our Centers operate at:.

Kiev - coordination center Kharkiv Dnipro Zaporizhia Lvov (plus Chernivtsi) Ivano-Frankivsk For many journalists under the hour of war, the stink became a hotline.

When a bulletproof vest is required.

If you need a drone detector before going to the front.

If you need help in an emergency situation, journalists rush to the Center.

And they say there. І step up to help.

If I was asked to appear on stage at the festival, I was the ensign of the NSJU and the front-line newspaper "

These front-line newspapers themselves can guess why journalism is so important in the hour of war.

At my speech I said:.

"

Ale mi can help journalists steal themselves"

In reality, the Centers for Journalistic Solidarity are not less about ownership.

I want to be critically more important.

Kluchove - solidarity.

“We don’t know what kind of messages you’ll bring tomorrow.

But we know one thing: journalists are not to blame for feeling self-sufficient."

Today's evidence from the Ukrainian Centers is already being investigated in other military zones - near Gaza.

This city shows that journalistic solidarity really has no borders.

It is a great honor for us that the network of Centers for Journalistic Solidarity has given this title to the Voices Festival.

These cities are for all Ukrainian journalistic community.

Journalists are important.

About the festival Voices - European Festival of Journalism and Media Freedom - European Festival of Journalism and Media Freedom - an international platform for discussing freedom of speech, journalism and media literacy in Europe.

The festival is organized by a consortium of leading media organizations, including the European Federation of Journalists - EFJ, Center for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (EUI), European Center for Press and Media Freedom ECPMF, Deutsche Welle, European Broadcasting Union and other partners.

The festival is financed by the European Union.