{"id":866,"date":"2023-07-15T12:00:28","date_gmt":"2023-07-15T10:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lithuanianstories.com\/en\/?p=866"},"modified":"2023-09-06T10:25:48","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T08:25:48","slug":"blue-yellow-lithuania-for-ukraine-at-nato-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lithuanianstories.com\/en\/2023\/07\/15\/blue-yellow-lithuania-for-ukraine-at-nato-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Yellow, Lithuania for Ukraine at NATO Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>A huge event to support Ukraine<\/strong> held in Vilnius during the NATO Summit. <strong>Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife landed in Lithuania<\/strong> and took part in the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NATO Summit 2023 held in Vilnius<\/strong> has been a big event for Lithuania. It is also a moment to express <strong>the strong support to Ukraine and to invite all the world to support Ukraine.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WATCH OUR VIDEO<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BLUE YELLOW in Vilnius, Support Ukraine at NATO Summit-ITA SUB\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oTBSkDzAwGM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In Luki\u0161k\u0117s Square, in the center of the capital was organized a huge event. <strong>Thousands of people participated with Ukrainian and Lithuanian flags<\/strong>, and also NATO and European flags.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Blue Yellow, a Lithuanian organization<\/strong> supporting Ukraine since 2014, brought in Vilnius the <strong>Ukrainian flag donated by the Ukrainian fighters in Donbas<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lithuanianstories.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/1-NATO-Summit-Ukraine-event-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lithuanianstories.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/1-NATO-Summit-Ukraine-event-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lithuanianstories.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/1-NATO-Summit-Ukraine-event-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lithuanianstories.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/1-NATO-Summit-Ukraine-event-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lithuanianstories.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/1-NATO-Summit-Ukraine-event-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.lithuanianstories.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/1-NATO-Summit-Ukraine-event.jpg 1417w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Thousands of people in Luki\u0161k\u0117s Square in Vilnius for the event to support Ukraine<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dozens of runners run from Kyiv to Vilnius<\/strong> with flag and that <strong>flag was raised in the square<\/strong>. The square where a huge Lenin statue was during the Soviet occupation, <strong>before the building that hosted the KGB headquarter and the SS headquarter<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blue-yellow.lt\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Blue Yellow<\/a> has raised more than forty-six million euros since February 2022<\/strong>, and more than sixty million euros since 2014, when Russia has illegally annexed Crimea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine, and his wife arrived in Vilnius<\/strong> and with surprise of all people, <strong>they took part in the event with the President of Lithuania<\/strong>, Gitanas Naus\u0117da, his wife and the Mayor of Vilnius.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lithuanianstories.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2-NATO-Summit-Ukraine-event-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lithuanianstories.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2-NATO-Summit-Ukraine-event-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lithuanianstories.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2-NATO-Summit-Ukraine-event-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lithuanianstories.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2-NATO-Summit-Ukraine-event-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lithuanianstories.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2-NATO-Summit-Ukraine-event-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.lithuanianstories.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/2-NATO-Summit-Ukraine-event.jpg 1417w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>The capital Vilnius was full of Ukrainian flags<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lithuanianstories.com\/en\/2023\/06\/24\/nato-summit-2023-in-lithuania-interview-with-vice-minister\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Interview with the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We interviewed Mant\u0117 Makauskait\u0117, Advisor to the Chancellor of the Government of Lithuan<\/strong>ia. Mant\u0117, with her team, is working for various projects to support Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201c\u2026Lithuania is actually doing a lot to support reconstruction of Ukraine.<\/strong> We are not waiting for the end of war. We don&#8217;t believe in this post war definition because the war has been going on since 2014 and we don&#8217;t know how we will define the end of war\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lithuanianstories.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/4-NATO-Summit-Ukraine-event-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lithuanianstories.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/4-NATO-Summit-Ukraine-event-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lithuanianstories.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/4-NATO-Summit-Ukraine-event-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lithuanianstories.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/4-NATO-Summit-Ukraine-event-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lithuanianstories.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/4-NATO-Summit-Ukraine-event-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.lithuanianstories.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/4-NATO-Summit-Ukraine-event.jpg 1417w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Flags of Ukraine, Lithuania, European Union and NATO. All together<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>They are working to rebuild the country with concrete projects.<\/strong> For example, school in Borodyanka and a kindergarten in Irpin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>More than sixty thousand Ukrainians who fled from the war have found refuge in Lithuani<\/strong>a since the outbreak of all-out war against their country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WATCH OUR VIDEO<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BLUE YELLOW in Vilnius, Support Ukraine at NATO Summit-ITA SUB\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oTBSkDzAwGM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A huge event to support Ukraine held in Vilnius during the NATO Summit. 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