{"id":15102,"date":"2021-06-06T12:31:40","date_gmt":"2021-06-06T12:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=15102"},"modified":"2021-06-06T12:31:51","modified_gmt":"2021-06-06T12:31:51","slug":"zelensky-invited-ukrainian-journalists-to-a-barbecue-picnic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=15102","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky Invited Ukrainian Journalists to a Barbecue Picnic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On June 5, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky invited journalists on the eve of their professional holiday to a picnic with barbecue. He announced this on Instagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kyiv. Ukraine. Ukraine Gate &#8211; June 06, 2021 \u2013 Reports<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;This time &#8211; a shish kebab cooked with my own hands. Excellent weather and, as always, a friendly atmosphere. Conversation without taboos, sharp questions, and my honest answers,&#8221; the president said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/accounts\/login\/?next=\/p\/CPxQz-YhPbp\/%3Futm_source%3Dig_embed\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/accounts\/login\/?next=\/p\/CPxQz-YhPbp\/%3Futm_source%3Dig_embed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The meeting was also attended by the head of the President&#8217;s Office Andriy Yermak. Zelensky and Yermak are stringing meat on skewers in photos posted on social networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On June 6, the president posted photos from the picnic on Instagram and congratulated the journalists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I am always open to journalists&#8217; questions. I am convinced that honest dialogue is the main sign of a democratic state. Ukrainian journalists are curious, talented, attentive, and principled. We are ready to take risks for the sake of the truth,&#8221; the head of state wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/accounts\/login\/?next=\/p\/CPxZbOwBYk1\/%3Futm_source%3Dig_embed\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/accounts\/login\/?next=\/p\/CPxZbOwBYk1\/%3Futm_source%3Dig_embed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zelenskiy also posted photos and a cheerleader on Twitter. According to the president, Ukrainian journalists want to change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd the main dream that unites both journalists and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=14885\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"14885\">president<\/a> is to make Ukraine better. Let it come true!\u201d He said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sevgil Musayeva, editor-in-chief of Ukrainska Pravda, Alesya Batsman, editor-in-chief of the GORDON publication, Savik Shuster, journalist and TV presenter, and others were invited to a picnic with the president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"uk\" dir=\"ltr\">\u0413\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0456, \u043d\u0435\u0442\u0435\u0440\u043f\u043b\u044f\u0447\u0456, \u0434\u043e\u0442\u0435\u043f\u043d\u0456, \u043e\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0430\u0442\u0438\u0432\u043d\u0456, \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0444\u0435\u0441\u0456\u0439\u043d\u0456, \u0437 \u043f\u043e\u0441\u0438\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0438\u043c \u0432\u0456\u0434\u0447\u0443\u0442\u0442\u044f\u043c \u0441\u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0435\u0434\u043b\u0438\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0456 \u2013 \u0442\u0430\u043a\u0456 \u0443\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0456 \u0436\u0443\u0440\u043d\u0430\u043b\u0456\u0441\u0442\u0438. \u0422\u0430 \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0443\u0441\u0456\u043c \u0446\u0435 \u043b\u044e\u0434\u0438, \u044f\u043a\u0456 \u043c\u0440\u0456\u044e\u0442\u044c \u0456 \u043f\u0440\u0430\u0433\u043d\u0443\u0442\u044c \u0437\u043c\u0456\u043d. \u0406 \u0433\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0432\u043d\u0430 \u043c\u0440\u0456\u044f, \u044f\u043a\u0430 \u043e\u0431&#39;\u0454\u0434\u043d\u0443\u0454 \u0456 \u0436\u0443\u0440\u043d\u0430\u043b\u0456\u0441\u0442\u0456\u0432, \u0456 \u041f\u0440\u0435\u0437\u0438\u0434\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0430, \u2013 \u0437\u0440\u043e\u0431\u0438\u0442\u0438 \u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0443 \u043a\u0440\u0430\u0449\u043e\u044e. \u041d\u0435\u0445\u0430\u0439 \u0432\u043e\u043d\u0430 \u0437\u0434\u0456\u0439\u0441\u043d\u0438\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9zLR2TpxHL\">pic.twitter.com\/9zLR2TpxHL<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Volodymyr Zelenskyy \/ \u0412\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0434\u0438\u043c\u0438\u0440 \u0417\u0435\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439 (@ZelenskyyUa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZelenskyyUa\/status\/1401432306355781632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read also: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=15099\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"15099\">Today Marks the Day of the Journalist of Ukraine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Source: Ukrgate<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On June 5, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky invited journalists on the eve of their professional holiday to a picnic with barbecue. He announced this on Instagram. Kyiv. Ukraine. Ukraine Gate &#8211; June 06, 2021 \u2013 Reports &#8220;This time &#8211; a shish kebab cooked with my own hands. Excellent weather and, as always, a friendly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":15103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[6949,6950,6702,6947,6948,2399,1000,1058],"class_list":["post-15102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reports","tag-alesya-batsman","tag-journalists","tag-picnic","tag-savik-shuster","tag-sevgil-musaieva","tag-ukraine-gate","tag-ukraine-news","tag-vladimir-zelensky"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15102"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15104,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15102\/revisions\/15104"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}