The project is being implemented by the international journalism organisation European Youth4Media Network e.V. with the support of the German Foreign Ministry and in cooperation with the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine, the German Journalists’ Association, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University.

The project organiser, Wolfgang Ressmann (Germany), arrived in Kyiv for a meeting with Ukrainian partners. The meeting was attended by Lina Kushch, First Secretary of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine, Colonel Petro Chernik, representative of the Information Resources Centre of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, Yuriy Bondar, Director of the Institute of Journalism at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, and others. Representatives from Georgia, Armenia, and other countries cooperating with the project joined the online dialogue. The event was moderated by Lieutenant Colonel Volodymyr Danylyuk, senior officer of the Public Relations Department of the Operational Command ‘West’ of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The aim of the latest project events was to study the experience of Ukrainian media and communication structures in the context of the full-scale Russian-Ukrainian war.

Oleg Nalyvaiko, Chairman of the State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting, thanked the organisers of the project ‘Media Dialogue 2025: Media Freedom and Pluralism Against Propaganda’ and the German Foreign Ministry for their long-standing support for this project, which is important for the media in Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia and Georgia.

He told the meeting participants about the activities of the public broadcaster, frontline print media, and, in particular, about the support provided to the media by European partners and the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine.

‘The public broadcaster has been the undisputed leader among Ukrainian media in terms of compliance with professional standards since 2020, and therefore the number of viewers and listeners who trust the news of the public broadcaster is constantly growing,’ said Oleg Nalyvaiko. “Trust in the news and information of local print media is also very high.

Participants shared their experiences of countering Russian propaganda, the activities of pro-Ukrainian forces on social media, and the development of cooperation between the communications departments of all branches of the Armed Forces with the media and local and central authorities.

This week, Mediadialog-2025 will be working in Moldova, and in December, key meetings will be held in the German capital, where the extensive ten-year experience of implementing the project will be summarised.