Ukraine Shared Combat Experience with NATO.

Representative of the Air Force Command within the framework of an exchange course, which took place in the city of Kilkis (Greece), informed representatives of 16 NATO member countries about the peculiarities of organizing strategic communications during the war.

This was reported to Ukrinform by the head of the public relations department - deputy head of the communications department of the Air Force Command, Major Ilya Yevlash.

It was about the preparation of press officers, conducting communication events, as well as alerting the population, creating films, and accompanying journalists in the combat zone.

"This course, in which 42 participants from 16 countries participated, was dedicated to strategic communications. During my speech, I shared with colleagues information about the organization of communication events, particularly during the defense of Kyiv. I shared experience in establishing work with journalists and training personnel, namely press officers in the area of responsibility of OSUV 'Khortytsia', covering various events, including the Kharkiv counteroffensive operation, the Bakhmut defensive operation, and much more. I also talked about the implementation of various projects, which include the direct creation of the image of the 'Ghost of Kyiv', a famous song, and the legend of the creation of 'Bayraktar', the production of documentaries, including 'The Battle for Kyiv', 'The Battle for Kharkiv', and also the film 'War is Not a Woman's Business'", - said Yevlash.

He also informed the partners about the experience of working as the head of the Public Relations Service of the Defense Forces of the city of Kyiv, the specifics of the work of the Air Force Communications Department. In particular, about organizing the alerting of the population regarding threats from Russia.

"Europeans are now very actively studying our experience. They are very interested in how the organization of communications occurs from a practical side, meaning how the coverage of combat actions happens, how access to combat positions is organized, how to work live, how filming approvals are made, which journalists use for the preparation of their stories, how media responses to informational requests are provided, and so on," - noted Yevlash.

The spokesman of the Air Force, during the event, shared the most successful cases of interaction with leading international media, such as BBC, Washington Post, New York Times, and others.