The 14th International Book Arsenal Festival has opened in Kyiv and will run through June 1.
This is reported by an Ukrinform correspondent.
“Every time, as an avid reader, I eagerly await this event and the opportunity to once again see this incredible community discussing important and fascinating topics, speaking about the future, and presenting truly visionary ideas. It is a fantastic environment. This time, I have the honor of joining the event in my new role. It is highly symbolic that the Arsenal was once created to store weapons, while today the Book Arsenal effectively preserves what makes us a nation – the Ukrainian voice, the Ukrainian book, and Ukrainian literature,” said Tetiana Berezhna, Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister for Humanitarian Policy and Minister of Culture.
She noted that Russia is deliberately destroying Ukrainian museums, libraries, music academies, philharmonic halls, and cultural institutions both in central Kyiv and across Ukraine.
Ukraine’s First Lady Olena Zelenska also attended the event.
