The following joint statement was released on May 23 by the Ukraine Crisis Media Center.

Over the past five years, we, the undersigned, members of civil society organizations, have been actively defending Ukraine’s sovereignty and national interests in global information space and counteracting the Russian information war. Each of our organizations works in a specific field to strengthen civil society and help build high-quality state institutions open to ongoing communication and dialogue with our citizens, responsible for reforming our country and rendering it more stable and secure in the face of strong threats and challenges.