The Press Club Brussels Europe launched yesterday the “We are Kyiv Press Club” initiative together with the press clubs of Paris, Warsaw and Geneva in solidarity journalists in Ukraine.
“The initiative will allow Ukrainian journalists forced into exile to have a place in the heart of the European quarter” explains Laurent Brihay, director of press club in Brussels. “The idea is also to inspire and invite all 300 Press Clubs around the world to also become a ‘Kyiv Press Club’” Brihay concludes.
Our Press Club is a place that serves as an open platform for free speech and in support of journalism. We will use what means we can to support reporting and Ukrainians in this moment of distress.
Alia Papageorgiou, President of the Press Club Brussels Europe
Dmytro Shkurko, the Brussels correspondent of the National News Agency of Ukraine, thanked Press Club Brussels for its act of solidarity: “We are proud to meet your initiative to place the name of Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, into the names of European and International Press Clubs. It is important, as in these tragic circumstances the words of truth are decisive as ever. This Russian aggression against Ukraine is based on an entire lie from its roots, and the Russian people are also the victims of these horrible lies. Help them, help all the people in Europe and around a Globe to understand what is going on in Ukraine now. We, Ukrainians, are keeping our, God-given land. But we also are fighting for freedom and the right to breathe with clean air, free from miasmas of madness and dictatorship. As also all you are. Let’s prevail together in this fight between death and life, between the lie and truth. Long Live Europe! Glory to Heroes!”
