Journalists in the War Zone: BAJ and LUJ will open an exhibition in Vilnius

The pho­tographs col­lect­ed as part of the exhi­bi­tion Ukraine: Jour­nal­ists in the War Zone show­case the work of media pro­fes­sion­als in var­i­ous cities and regions of the coun­try. The space will fea­ture 27 pho­tographs, includ­ing works by renowned Ukrain­ian and for­eign pho­tog­ra­phers, such as Pulitzer Prize and World Press Pho­to win­ner Evgeniy Mal­o­let­ka, Asso­ci­at­ed Press pho­tog­ra­ph­er Efrem Lukatsky, and well-known Ukrain­ian war pho­tog­ra­phers Kos­tiantyn and Vla­da Liberov, Yan Dobronosov, Dmytro Klyuchko, and Andrey Andriyenko.

The exhi­bi­tion was first orga­nized last autumn by the Nation­al Union of Jour­nal­ists of Ukraine. With the sup­port of the Euro­pean Fed­er­a­tion of Jour­nal­ists, it has already vis­it­ed Brus­sels and Paris.

On the sec­ond anniver­sary of the full-scale inva­sion, the Belaru­sian Asso­ci­a­tion of Jour­nal­ists, now locat­ed in Vil­nius, and the Lithuan­ian Union of Jour­nal­ists estab­lished the pho­to exhi­bi­tion in the hall of the Vil­nius train sta­tion.

— “The war waged by Rus­sia against Ukraine is an inter­na­tion­al crime and atroc­i­ty. In addi­tion to the many sol­diers who have lost their lives, thou­sands of civil­ians, includ­ing women and chil­dren, have also fall­en vic­tim to the ongo­ing vio­lent attacks. Dozens of Ukrain­ian and inter­na­tion­al media rep­re­sen­ta­tives, who have brave­ly cov­ered this war, have also been killed by Russ­ian assailants. Through­out the war, we have shown sol­i­dar­i­ty with and sup­port for our Ukrain­ian col­leagues. On the sec­ond anniver­sary of the full-scale inva­sion, we want to high­light the brave and self­less work of our Ukrain­ian col­leagues,” empha­sized BAJ Chair­man Andrei Bas­tunets.

“To me, Ukraine and its peo­ple are a sym­bol of free­dom and courage. This should be evi­dent to every­one, espe­cial­ly jour­nal­ists. We now must defend Ukraine with all our might,” stat­ed Dainius Radze­vičius, chair­man of the Lithuan­ian Union of Jour­nal­ists.

The Belaru­sian Asso­ci­a­tion of Jour­nal­ists and the Lithuan­ian Union of Jour­nal­ists invite jour­nal­ists and the pub­lic to an exhi­bi­tion open­ing on Feb­ru­ary 24 at 12:00 in the hall of Vil­nius train sta­tion. The exhi­bi­tion will be avail­able for vis­i­tors for two weeks.

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