During the Conference on Ukraine’s Recovery in Gdańsk, the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, with support from the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, announced the allocation of 1.5 million euros to support Ukrainian media and civil society organizations in 2026–2027.
This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Culture, according to Ukrinform.
It is noted that the new aid package was announced during the panel discussion “Recovery Under Attack: Protecting Trust, Media, and Transparency from Russia’s Cognitive Warfare,” in which Deputy Prime Minister for Humanitarian Policy and Minister of Culture of Ukraine Tetiana Berezhna participated.
The panel focused on countering information threats, supporting independent media, and strengthening public trust amid a full-scale war. The Ministry of Culture notes that, for the first time in the history of the Ukraine Recovery Conference, a separate discussion on media took place specifically within the context of security. According to the statement, the allocated funding will be directed toward strengthening media resilience, developing independent journalism, and supporting Ukraine’s democratic institutions.
“Russia is attacking Ukraine physically—with missiles, drones, and strikes on cities and infrastructure. At the same time, it is waging an information war, attempting to undermine trust in the state, democratic institutions, and the recovery process. Therefore, transparency, strong independent media, investigative journalism, and media literacy are crucial elements of our resilience,” Berezhna emphasized.
