28
February 2024
Past Event
Taking Stock of Ukraine in 2024

Event will also air live on this page.

 

Inquiries: mdewitt@hudson.org

Taking Stock of Ukraine in 2024

Past Event
Hudson Institute
February 28, 2024
A Ukrainian flag is hanging in the window of an apartment building that has been heavily damaged during Russia's massive rocket attack on Kyiv, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on January 3, 2024. (Maxym Marusenko/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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A Ukrainian flag is hanging in the window of an apartment building that has been heavily damaged during Russia's massive rocket attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on January 3, 2024. (Maxym Marusenko/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
28
February 2024
Past Event

Event will also air live on this page.

 

Inquiries: mdewitt@hudson.org

Speakers:
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Lieutenant General Karel Řehka

Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces

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Lieutenant General Leonard Kosinski

Director for Logistics, Joint Staff, US Air Force

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Jan Jireš

Director General Defence Policy and Planning, Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic

Oksana Markarova
Oksana Markarova

Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States

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Mark Newton

Minister Counsellor Defence, British Embassy in Washington

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Maria Tomak

Head of the Crimea Platform Department, Mission of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea

coffey
Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

heinrichs
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Moderators:
Peter Rough Hudson Institute
Peter Rough

Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Listen to Event Audio

This month marks two somber anniversaries for Ukraine: ten years since Russia’s invasion of Crimea, and two years since Russia launched its full-scale assault. Ukraine’s situation is grim as Kyiv struggles to sustain Western support while facing a much larger occupying power.

But there are reasons for optimism. Ukrainians are committed to their cause. It is within their power to defeat Russia and liberate their lands—but only if their international partners continue to support them.

Join Hudson’s Center on Europe and Eurasia for a conference to commemorate ten years of occupation and two years of full-scale war. The event will examine the importance of the war for the European order, take stock of the conflict with senior Ukrainian and allied voices, and chart a path forward for the transatlantic community.

Agenda

9:00–9:15 a.m. | Welcome Remarks 

  • Peter Rough, Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia, Hudson Institute

9:15–9:30 a.m. | Keynote 1

  • Lieutenant General Karel Řehka, Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces

9:30–10:30 a.m. | Panel 1: The Second Anniversary of the Large-Scale Invasion 

  • Lieutenant General Leonard Kosinski, Director for Logistics, Joint Staff, US Air Force
  • Rebeccah Heinrichs, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
  • Jan Jireš, Director General Defence Policy and Planning, Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic

Moderator

  • Peter Rough, Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia, Hudson Institute

10:30–11:00 a.m. | Keynote 2

  • Oksana Markarova, Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States 

11:00 a.m.– 12:00 p.m. | Panel 2: The Tenth Anniversary of the Illegal Annexation of Crimea

  • Luke Coffey, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
  • Mark Newton, Minister Counsellor Defence, British Embassy in Washington
  • Maria Tomak, Head of the Crimea Platform Department, Mission of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea

Moderator 

  • Jeremy Hunt, Media Fellow, Hudson Institute

12:15 p.m. | Concluding Remarks

  • Luke Coffey, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
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