Our: 9 LIGA.net journalists and editors are in the army. We talked to them about media and war

They are used to asking questions, and now they are authorized to give answers themselves. Nine journalists from the LIGA.net editorial office have joined the Ukrainian Defense Forces since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion. In dugouts, UAV units, and assault brigades, they took part in the war from the closest possible distance. Some of them – not for the first time.

We won't hide it: each of these nine transitions to military life was a painful blow to our editorial staff. But the journalists made this decision a long time ago, weighing the importance of telling the world the truth about the war and taking up real weapons.

On the eve of Journalist's Day, we asked them two questions: what impressed them most about the modern army and how the perception of the profession has changed since the beginning of service.

Dmytro Fionik, editor-in-chief of extremely high-quality content

At the beginning of the full-scale invasion, he served in the Kyiv Defense Forces for nine days – and wrote a brilliant text about what it's like to become a soldier in one day. Since March 2024, he has been serving in a separate regiment of unmanned systems "Achilles".