PM Shmyhal rejects petition calling for telethon funds to be given to armed forces
Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal rejected a petition that called for the funding of the national telethon to be redistributed to the Ukrainian Armed Forces on April 15, responding that the telethon is part of the government's security and defense policy. On the first day of the full-scale invasion, the state combined the highest-rated television channels and financed a national telethon that continues to be broadcast 24 hours a day to disseminate information in wartime. Reporters Without Borders recently called on the government to end the telethon, warning that the continuation of the format coul...