In Ukraine, we are fighting against Russian aggression, defending our country, defending democratic principles – said Volodymyr Klitschko after receiving the M100 Media Award for Ukrainians. He stressed that millions of Ukrainian children had left the country. He appealed not to forget that “over a thousand were murdered, raped, abducted or injured”.
The M100 Media Award, awarded to the Ukrainian nation, was received on Thursday evening in Potsdam, Germany, by Volodymyr Klitschko, brother of the mayor of Kiev, Vitaly Klitsch. The Ukrainian nation was honored for “with heroic courage and steadfast will to defend itself from a brutal invasion for months. Russia“.
“No nation in the world has demonstrated the value of freedom and its fragile sensitivity in recent months with such passion as Ukraine. The country is fighting a heroic fight for its values: independence and freedom “, the award council chaired by Mike Schubert, the mayor of Potsdam, said.” And it defends them day after day, hour after hour under murderous fire. ” the deepest respect, esteem, support and solidarity. They also fight for us “- underlined.
Volodymyr Klitschko received the M100 Media Award, awarded to the Ukrainian nationTVN24
Klitschko: we fight for everyone in the free world
– In Ukraine, we fight against Russian aggression, defending our country, defending the democratic principles we share. We fight not only for us, but also (…) we fight for everyone here. For everyone in the so-called free world. We do it literally – said Kliczko after receiving the award.
He also said that “September is the month when children go to school for the first time”. – On the other hand, millions of Ukrainian children have left our country and are now studying in other countries. For example, my daughter’s school moved from Kiev to Warsaw – he said.
Klitschko: over 1,000 children in Ukraine were murdered, raped, abducted or injuredTVN24
As he assessed, “the great thing is that at least some children will not have to see the horrors of war.” “They won’t have to listen to sirens, exploding bombs, explosions, shots, screams, crying, or seeing the dead bodies of their relatives, brothers, sisters, parents,” he continued. He appealed not to forget that “over a thousand children in Ukraine were murdered, raped, abducted or injured”.
Laudations in honor of the Ukrainian people was delivered by the ambassador during the event USA in Germany Amy Gutmann and the former prime minister of Poland, leader of the Civic Platform Donald Tusk. During the ceremony, the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz also spoke.
M100 Media Award
The M100 Media Award has been presented at an international media conference since 2005. Among the honored are, among others Lord Norman Foster, Bernard Kouchner, Bob Geldof, Ingrid Betancourt, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Kurt Westergaard, Witalij Kliczko, Nicola Sturgeon and Alexei Navalny.
Volodymyr Klitschko, who received the award on Thursday, is one of the most famous and influential voices in Ukraine. He abandoned his life as a successful entrepreneur and trainer in Germany at the start of the Russian invasion and has been fighting for independence, democracy and freedom in his homeland ever since, emphasized the organizers of the M100 Media Award. It uses its international contacts to tirelessly lobby political and business leaders around the world to support Ukraine. He stands by his people together with his brother Vitaly, mayor of Kiev, who received the M100 Media Award in 2014 as a representative of all democratic movements in Ukraine.
M100 is an initiative of Potsdam Media International eV, which is mainly financed by the city of Potsdam.
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