Iryna Sytnik: “If protective equipment was previously needed for trips to front-line areas, now the front has become much closer to us…”

Editor-in-chief of the weekly, Stepova Zoria, and the website, Petropavlivka.city, Iryna Sytnik, has Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) accreditation and, from time to time, travels to work in front-line areas of the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia Regions. Professional protective equipment is provided to her at the Dnipro Journalists’ Solidarity Center (JSC) of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (NUJU).

The media worker recently returned from a business trip to the Donetsk Region.

The equipment from UNESCO will protect the media worker both during business trips and in everyday journalistic work.

As earlier reported, at the Dnipro JSC of the NUJU you can temporarily borrow high-quality protective equipment – a bulletproof vest with a helmet branded with the inscription PRESS, a tactical first aid kit.

Rental is free, but only if you have the AFU accreditation!

And on the evening of January 29, the occupiers attacked the Novopavlivka Community in the Dnipropetrovsk Region with guided bombs, practically destroying the local lyceum, destroying houses, a post office, and a religious institution. Journalists from regional media also went to work at the scene of the attack.

The network of Journalists’ Solidarity Centers is an initiative of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine, implemented in collaboration with the International and European Federations of Journalists and UNESCO and with the support of the People of Japan. Our primary goal is to assist media professionals working in Ukraine during the war. The Centers are active in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro, Lviv, and Ivano-Frankivsk. The project is part of UNESCO’s broader efforts to support the Safety of Journalists and Freedom of Expression in Ukraine.

Call the Dnipro JSC at 050 919 8479 (Nataliya Nazarova, coordinator of the Dnipro JSC). The Center’s address is 8 Starokozatska Street.

Dnipro JSC information service