Special news release for Defender of Ukraine Day

Chernihiv branch of the National Television Company of Ukraine, 2016, special news release dedicated to the Day of Defender of Ukraine. Host — Olga Konopatska-Plekhova.

On the video: a gathering at the Chernihiv Regional State Administration, which brought together participants in the ATO, veterans of World War II, the war in Afghanistan, veterans of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Armed Forces of Ukraine; Red Square in Chernihiv; laying flowers at the monument to the Fighters for Freedom and Independence of Ukraine; laying flowers at the memorial in the Magdeburg Law Square, to the stele of the Heroes of the Heavenly Hundred and the ATO; military equipment; Cossack Cathedral of the Holy Great Martyr Catherine of the OCU; charity festival "Volunteer" near the Catherine Church; entertainment for children; porridge from a field kitchen; fundraising for the purchase of equipment and ammunition for soldiers; Chernihiv Center for Culture and Arts; action "Stop, Putin, stop, war!"; exhibition of awards of the First and Second World Wars, Ukrainian Sich Riflemen; exhibition of children's drawings; exhibition of photographs; stands "Memory is strengthened by the connection of generations."

Comment: ATO participant Yuriy Litkovets; Head of the Regional Organization of Veterans of Ukraine Anatoliy Moskalenko; Military Service Veteran Mykola Lytvynenko; Chernihiv resident Valentyna; Soldier with the call sign "Klyk"; Mother of the deceased ATO participant Valentyna Naydyon; Head of the Chernihiv Regional State Administration (2015–2018) Valeriy Kulich; Chernihiv City Mayor (2015–2023) Vladyslav Atroshenko; Mother of the deceased ATO participant Raisa Shanska; Head of the public organization "United Family of Chernihiv Region" Mykola Shansky; Coordinator of the national movement "Diya" Vadym Yovenko; Volunteer Assistance Center volunteer Vitaliy Nazarenko; Author and performer of songs Viktor Pohulyai; Head of the Sector of the State Service for War Veterans and ATO Participants in the Region Albert Chereshko; Representative of the Institute of National Remembrance in Chernihiv Region Serhiy Butko; Coordinator of the public organization "Crimean Community of Chernihiv Region" Svitlana Kuzina (speaks russian).

The following worked on the stories: Alina Levochko; Dmytro Rudenko; Gordiy Yermak; Yevheniy Dovbnya.