On the initiative of the Academy's leadership, in close cooperation with Lviv TV and Radio Company (Lviv Regional Directorate, Lviv Regional Branch of UA:PBC), in April 2007, the television program “Zvytyaha” was created to cover the activities of the National Army Academy, military units and formations of the Western region of Ukraine, heroic deeds of Ukrainian soldiers in the ATO zone, and to actively promote military-patriotic education of young people and popularize military affairs in the region.
April 8, 2017 marked the 10th anniversary of the first episode of the Zvytyaha TV program, making it one of the longest-running military-themed television projects in Ukraine.
The military-patriotic TV program “Zvytyaha” was aired on Lviv TV channel every Sunday at 10.00 a.m. until December 31, 2017. For twenty-six minutes of airtime, the program covered the life of people in uniform, their service, achievements, problems, the course of the undeclared hybrid war against our Motherland and the valiant deeds of Ukrainian soldiers in the zone of this armed conflict, as well as interesting and informative information about various types of weapons and military equipment in service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine and novelties of the domestic defense industry.
The first hosts of the program were the officers of the educational institution, then Captain Dmytro Hutsulyak and Senior Lieutenant Iryna Shapovalova. The position of co-host was taken over by journalist cadets Iryna Yastremska, Oksana Hladka, Natalia Zadverniak, Inna Kovalchuk, Oleksandra Bezsmertna, Maria Martynova, Kateryna Chemes, and Senior Lieutenant Yulia Kindzerska. Since 2008, Lieutenant Colonel Anton Myronovych has been the permanent and unchanginag host of “Zvytyaha”.
Over the years, the team of the TV program has mastered various genres of television journalism, created a large number of headings, the palette of which has been periodically updated and expanded.
The “Zvytyaha” creative group has its own clips, videos, etc. “Zvytyaha” 10 years on the air
Since April 2018, due to the reform and closure of Lviv TV and Radio Company, the program has not only changed its broadcast location, but also changed its name. From now on, the program “Zvytyaha: New Victories” is now broadcast twice a month on Pershyi Zakhidnyi TV channel.
Officers of the freelance media group of the National Army Academy together with officers of the Information Group of the Central TV and Radio Studio of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine in Lviv are involved in the creation of the program.
In each program, viewers have the opportunity to watch fascinating reports from the zone of military conflicts and exercises. The program includes up-to-date analytics, important topics, interesting characters and exclusive videos. This TV project also touches upon the topic of reforming the Ukrainian army, showing the benefits of service in the Ukrainian army and the honorable profession of defending the Motherland. “Zvytyaha: New Victories” constantly keeps the service of Ukrainian servicemen in the Joint Forces Operation zone and peacekeeping contingents around the world in its field of view.