Ukrainian ambassador to accept Freedom Prize on behalf of Zelensky

Ambassador of Ukraine to Lithuania Petro Beshta will accept the Freedom Prize awarded to President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, news agency ELTA has learned from parliament speaker’s spokeswoman Ilona Petrovė.

The Seimas of Lithuania awarded the 2022 Freedom Prize to the Ukrainian head of state. Zelensky was invited to attend the ceremony on 13 January 2023, on the Day of Defenders of Freedom in Lithuania, but is planning to participate in the event remotely.