Central event to mark the anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine

On February 24 at 10:30 a.m., Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, together with the Ambassador of Ukraine, Oleksii Makeiev, invites you to a central event on the anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine at Bellevue Palace. Among the guests are representatives of all constitutional bodies as well as the diplomatic corps and committed citizens, mayors and helpers.

The Federal President opens the event with a speech. A contribution by the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is then planned. There follows a panel discussion on the consequences of the war with the Ukrainian essayist and publisher Kateryna Mishchenko, the Ukrainian musician Kateryna Polischuk (Ptashka), who was taken prisoner by the Russians with the fighters in the Azov steelworks, the Ukrainian teacher Viktoria Pradiichuk, who since her escape taught at a primary school in Freiberg, and a representative of the Ukrainian military. In addition, the State Secretary at the BMZ, Jochen Flasbarth, who is the Federal Government Commissioner for the G7 platform for the reconstruction of Ukraine, and Martin Horn, Lord Mayor of the city of Freiburg im Breisgau, whose city is linked to Lviv in the Ukraine as a twin city, will be discussing the matter . The moderator of the panel discussion is Sandra Maischberger.

The Ukrainian Ambassador Oleksii Makeiev will speak at the end. The music will be provided by Ukrainian music scholarship holders from the Barenboim Said Academy and Kateryna Polischuk (Ptashka). A photo exhibition by Ukrainian photographers with pictures from the year of the war in Ukraine will be on display in the Bellevue Palace gallery.

The event will be broadcast live on www.bundesPresident.de in German, English and Ukrainian.