The Polish Institute of International Affairs is pleased to invite you to debate:

What Ukraine needs from its European allies to successfully confront Russian invasion?

Date and time: 27 October 2022 (Thursday); 9.15- 11:45 CET
Venue: Press Club Brussels Europe, Rue Froissart 95 - 1040 Brussels

Type of event: In-person public debate, livestreamed and recorded via PISM YouTube channel:https://www.youtube.com/user/PolandPISM

Ukraine has been heroically confronting the Russian attack for seven months already. The Western community has provided Ukraine with comprehensive support, especially in terms of weapons deliveries and humanitarian assistance, and stepped up its sanctions against Russia, on the level which not only helped Ukraine holding against its aggressor but has recently successfully fighting back. The overall aim of this debate is to address the main challenges regarding Ukraine’s heroic fight for its sovereignty and the whole Europe’s security. We will kick-off with the interview with our special guest – H.E. Bartosz Cichocki, Poland’s Ambassador to Ukraine - who was the only one world top-diplomat that did not interrupt his mission in Kyiv. The panellist in their turn will look into this decisive change of the European paradigm regarding its relations with Russia, which has been openly behaving as a rouge state.

• 9:15-10:00 Interview with H.E. Bartosz Cichocki, Poland’s Ambassador to Ukraine, on Ukraine’s fighting with Russia’s aggression (followed by Q/A session)

Moderator: Valentina Pop, Europe Express Newsletter Editor at Financial Times

• 10:00-10:15 Coffee Break
• 10:15-11:20 Panel discussion:

Speakers:

• Sławomir Dębski, Director of the Polish Institute of International Affairs
• Daniel Szeligowski, Head of Eastern Europe Programme, the Polish Institute of International Affairs
• Oksana Bulda, Lead Manifestations, “Promote Ukraine”

Moderator: Tinatin Akhvlediani, Research Fellow, Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

• 11:20-11:45 - Q&A session
  
  RSVP by 25 October at brusselsoffice@pism.pl