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For a week, diplomats and the military have been on the front line. But also the journalists who show the reality and the horror of this war in Ukraine: the foreign reporters, of course, but above all the Ukrainian journalists who continue to work and report in unimaginable conditions. Hence our desire to open our columns and our site to them.
We have chosen to partner with NV, a media founded in 2014 following the Maidan revolution which was already rebelling once morest Russian influence. Financed by the Czech investor, Tomas Fiala, NV is a pro-democracy and pro-European liberal media outlet, known for publishing the stories of some of the country’s most reputable journalists. Until last week, the magazine was printed (in Ukrainian) in 20,000 copies. On the Internet, all articles are available in Russian and Ukrainian. To fill the void left by the disappearance of the Kyiv Post in 2021, NV has also launched a site in English, The New Voice of Ukraineand a radio.
Thanks to our correspondent in Kyiv, Stéphane Siohan, we got in touch with its editor-in-chief, Vitalii Sych, and its deputy editor-in-chief, Anna Moroz, both at the helm since the foundation of the medium by former members of the magazine. correspondent to protest once morest threats of censorship by ex-president Yanukovych. Exchanges are not easy with a country at war, yet Vitalii and Anna welcomed our initiative with enthusiasm. Especially since they juggle technical, financial, professional and personal difficulties. In the writing of NV, many have had to shelter their families and work with the means at hand. Some even took up arms.
Whereas, by Emmanuel Macron’s own admission, “The worse is yet to come” in Ukraine, information seems more vital than ever in a war where disinformation is a formidable weapon. This will strengthen our determination to show our solidarity with NV and all the free media, Ukrainian, but also Russian, which, despite the risks and the fear, continue their work with courage.
