People who stayed in Bakhmut cry when they see their newspaper – former editor of Vpered publication

Viktor Herasymov, who worked for the Bakhmut newspaper Vpered for 40 years and was the editor-in-chief for 18 of them, tells how important it was to restore the publication after a forced hiatus.

“My house and my daughters’ houses were destroyed; the entire city center was destroyed, burned to the ground. Everything is destroyed… But I was thrilled when I discovered that the newspaper had started coming out after the break. People who stayed there cry when they see this newspaper. They say: “This is our heart,” says Viktor Herasymov.

He also added that he saw people hugging and rejoicing at the Bakhmut residents’ support center in Kyiv when the Vpered newspaper was distributed there.

As earlier reported, a year ago, the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (NUJU) helped restore the newspaper’s publication and obtain donor support for the subsequent editions. Today, several thousand people live in Bakhmut. The newspaper delivered by the military remains their only source of informa