oleksandra koval, acting director of the ukrainian book institute, will be in touch with us. we will summarize the national reading week, which ended a few days ago. mrs. oleksandra, we congratulate you. good day. i was lucky, i had such an honor to be the ambassador of the national reading week, but i honestly confess, ms. oleksandra, for these two years of a full-scale invasion , i'm very ashamed, but with my reading, although i love to read, everything has become much worse because of the war, on the one hand, because of what i do, i do what i have to monitor the news and i read it now a lot many, on the other hand, due to some psychological condition that we all go through, i even wrote to myself on facebook about it, and a lot of ... many friends said that yes, their reading has become worse, what are your observations? uh, well, i have to admit that i'm reading now too less than before, maybe i will return to the previous volume, and many say that the amount of reading has decreased, but there are also people who write and in particular within the framework of the week.

oleksandra koval, ms. oleksandra, can you hear me? yes, i hear you. good day. good afternoon, great. this is the third time that this action or this project is taking place. can you share with us what your expectations are, why you have organized this week, what tasks you have set for yourself or for the ambassadors, for the readers, what results are you waiting for? and shares. lizations of reading like our national reading week, i.e. focused in time, some kind of intensified, intensified attention to reading books, is happening in many countries, in particular in the netherlands, germany, france, poland, and we decided that something similar should be implemented in ukraine too, just this... that time, that week when we expect the whole community, who reads books, she will pay attention to them and remind herself , her children and loved ones, that reading is not only useful, but also pleasant, that books can be bought, given as gifts, that books help to survive difficult times, and here is a week of reading, he is directed to this, although now in ukraine we

oleksandra koval. mrs. oleksandra, can you hear me? me? yes, i hear you. good day.oon, great. this is the third time that this action or this project is taking place. you can share with us what your expectations are, why you organized this week, what tasks you set for yourself. or in front of ambassadors, in front of readers, what results are you waiting for? eh, actions to promote reading like our national reading week, that is, focused in time, some kind of increased, increased attention to reading books, is happening in many countries, in particular in in the netherlands, germany, france, poland, and we... we decided that something similar should be introduced in ukraine as well, it's just that time , that week, when we expect the entire book-reading community to pay attention to them , and to remind yourself, your children and loved ones that reading is not only useful, but also pleasant. about the fact that books can be bought, given as gifts, that books help to survive difficult times, and here is the week of reading, it is aimed at this, although now in ukrai

koval, the head of the ukrainian book institute, was on our air, we talked with her about, in particularing, which has just started, it is an initiative of the book institute, a lot of people joined, what are they called ambassadors, that's what mrs. oleksandra said at the beginning of our conversation, that they tried to include among the ambassadors people from other fields than the book field, this is very correct, because it is in this way that the reading audience is expanded, and i want to tell you about, finally, the rating of the most popular books, yes, mrs. oleksandrova and i touched on this issue a little bit, the ukrainian institute of books, they are about... such a survey, as far as i can understand, it cannot be considered so representative, but at least it is a survey of bookstores, and well, the trend with these tops , with bestsellers, yes it is... in principle , it coincides with those books, which in the public sphere of people who are interested in books, follow ukrainian literature, modern, it coincides with bookstores, so if we talk about the most popular ukrainian

koval, we talked with her, so i suggest you listen to what she told us directly. we did everything we could within the given framework and with the funding we were given, sometimes we did even more, this is in particular this year and last year, when the full-scale invasion began, the year we had no funds at all, and we asked for help. to our foreign partners and thanks to them we managed to do a lot, including the participation of ukraine in international fairs, there were nine of them that year, in this year nine, too, and it all happened mainly at the expense of foreigners. well, i will also say that literally right now. a creative meeting with the author of the bestseller history and war, a veteran of the armed forces of ukraine , yuriy gudymenko, has already begun. if the people who come to this event make a donation, yuriy will give his autographed book as a gift. and i would like to note that all the funds that will be collected from the purchase of such books will be given to the children under the care of the charitable foundation, these are the children

koval on the air, we talked with her about you in particular... the reading day, which has just startedis an initiative of the book institute, and a lot of people joined , as the ambassadors are called, this is what ms. oleksandra said at the beginning of our conversation, that they tried to include among the ambassadors people from other fields than the book field, this is very correct, because this is how the reading audience expands, and i want to tell you about , finally, about the rating of the most popular... books, ms. oleksandra and i also touched on this issue a little, the ukrainian institute of books, they conducted such a survey, as far as i can understand, it cannot be considered that strongly representative, but at least these are the respondents bookstores, and well, the trend with these tops, with bestsellers, so it basically coincides with those books, which in the public sphere of people who are interested in books, follow ukrainian literature today. behind bookstores it coincides, so if we talk about the most popular ukrainian classics, which ukrainians bought in book

this year it celebrates its fifth anniversary under the chairmanship of oleksandra koval. during this period, the institute made a lot of efforts to develop and support the ukrainian book, as well as to popularize reading. we did everything we could within the given framework and with the funding determined for us. sometimes we are with or even more, it is in particular this year and last year, when the full-scale invasion began, that year we had no funds at all, and we turned to our foreign partners for help, and thanks to them we managed to do a lot. tv channel espresso, together with the public organization baza ua, is collecting funds for atvs for the removal of leeks. and other needs of the 93rd separate mechanized brigade of the kholodny yar armed forces. in extremely difficult conditions, the ukrainian military will choose victory every day, not leaving wounded comrades on the battlefield. with atvs , evacuation will be faster and easier, and therefore the chances of saving the injured are much greater. our goal is uah 800,000. with your help, we collected more than

koval, we talked with her, so i suggest you listen to what she told us directly. we did everything we could within the given framework and with the funding we were given, sometimes we did. even more, it is in particular this year and last year , when the full-scale invasion began, that year we had no funds at all, and we turned to our foreign partners for help, and thanks to them we managed to do a lot, including ukraine's participation in international fairs, that year there were nine of them, this year year nine, too, and this... everything happened at the expense of foreigners, and i will also say that literally right now a creative meeting with the author of the aimless history and war, veteran of the armed forces of ukraine, yuri gudymenko, is starting. if the people who come to this event make a donation, then yuriy will give his book with an autograph and... i will note that all the funds that will be collected from the purchase of such books will be given to children under the care of the charitable foundation, this children of all fallen ukrainian soldier