Stay In the Fight – Next Steps. Discussion during Informal YES Gathering in Kyiv 24.02.2023

On 24 February 2023, the Victor Pinchuk Foundation @PinchukFoundation and Yalta European Strategy (YES) held a discussion “Stay in the fight - Next Steps” on the occasion of the informal gathering One Year - Stay in Fight dedicated to the first anniversary of Russia’s brutal and unprovoked full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Speakers discussed the next steps that Ukraine and its Western allies need to take to ensure Kyiv’s victory on the battlefield and rebuild the country.

Among the speakers of the panel were:
— John Herbst, Senior Director, Eurasia Centre, Atlantic Council;
— Geoffrey Nice, Emeritus Professor Law Gresham College London, Chair of China Tribunal, Chair of Uyghur Tribunal, Geoffrey Nice Foundation;
— Alicia Kearns, Chair of the UK Foreign Affairs Committee, House of Commons;
— Oleksiy Chernyshov, Naftogaz CEO and others.
Gillian Tett, Editorial Board Chair, Editor-at-large, Financial Times, moderated the discussion.

00:00-1:13 - Introduction of the members of the panel by Gillian Tett
1:49-6:32 - Oleksiy Chernyshov touched upon the situation in Ukraine’s energy sector
6:57-10:02 - Oleksiy Chernyshov said if Ukraine has enough equipment to repair the energy system
10:50-20:01 - John Herbst spoke of the importance of bipartisan support of the policy towards Ukraine in the US Congress
20:13-26:12 - Alicia Kearns on the support that the United Kingdom can give to Ukraine
26:49-27:48 - Alicia Kearns answered where most of the Soviet helicopters which can be repurposed are located
27:51-29:49 - John Herbst commented on the West's fears of Putin's response
38:00-42:22 - Dmytro Finashyn commented what Ukrainians want and need for the next step
43:55-48:08 - Volodymyr Tarshyn stressed the importance of winning the information war against Russia
48:58-52:04 - Thomas Grant on the role that information can play
53:05-55:28 - Geoffrey Nice raised the issue of the need to establish an international tribunal for Russia’s war crimes committed in Ukraine
56:35-59:46 - Lia Quartapelle mentioned steps that Italy needs to make to stay as strong in being a part of the alliance against Putin
1:00:42-1:08:09 - Oleksandr Kornienko, First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, about how Ukraine persevered, although it was given three days
1:08:47-1:11:03 - Oleksiy Chernyshov commented on the corruption problem in Ukraine
1:11:16-1:12:51 - Alicia Kearns on battles for the truth in the information field
1:12:56-1:15:07 - John Herbst added a remark about the corruption issue in Ukraine
1:15:09-1:17:03 - Summary of the discussions by Gillian Tett.

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