In Vilnius, in the followingnoon, the public initiatives “Ukrainas namai”, “Šaulių leičiai” and poet and translator Marius Burokas are organizing a support and solidarity march, which will begin at the monument of Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko.
The marchers will march to Cathedral Square, where the 87th pro-Ukraine rally is being organized. It will be attended by ambassadors of NATO countries and Ukraine, public figures, and heads of state.
It will be followed by a procession with large Lithuanian and Ukrainian flags from the Cathedral Square to the Lukiški Square, where the “Radarom!” campaign dedicated to Ukraine will take place.
This year, the organizers of “Radarom!” invite to donate money, which will be used to buy safe soldier packages for the soldiers fighting in Ukraine.
In Kaunas, the Ukrainians who fought and died on Saturday will be honored by carillon bells in the garden of the Vytautas Great War Museum.
Later, there will be a symbolic run from the Vytis monument to the Unity Square, where an event of solidarity with Ukraine will take place, the buildings of the Kaunas Artists’ House, the Kaunas Cultural Center and the Kaunas State Musical Theater will be lit up in the colors of the Ukrainian flag.
On the occasion of the second anniversary of the war, a photo exhibition is on display in Laisvės Alley. The shelled cities of Kharkiv, Lutsk and Lviv are shown here. The exhibition will be open until March 10.
A concert will be held in the Šiauliai Cultural Center, following which residents are invited to say a prayer and light candles of hope for Ukraine together with clergyman Vitalijs Mockus in the Resurrection Square near the municipality.
A support and charity concert will be held in the Panevėžys musical theater, and the municipal building will be illuminated in the colors of the Ukrainian flag.
at 7 p.m. people throughout Lithuania are invited to a minute of silence to honor the dead and support the Ukrainians who are still fighting.
The second anniversary of the invasion was commemorated in the Seimas on Friday, the exhibition “Sculptures” of Ukrainian photographer Marta Syrka’s photographs was opened in the Parliament’s Virtraž Gallery, as well as the exhibition “Colors of Steel” of the war exhibits of the Ukrainian non-governmental organization “Samooborona” and the Ukrainian youth group in Lithuania.
The international forum “Your victory – our victory” was also organized in the Parliament on Friday, where Lithuanian and Ukrainian soldiers read reports regarding the realities of the war in Ukraine, and a documentary film was screened.
The Russian attack, which began on February 24, 2022, brought enormous losses to Ukraine: tens of thousands of people were killed, even more were injured, and the country’s infrastructure was destroyed.
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2024-05-03 07:06:31
