21
February 2023
Past Event
Keeping Ukraine on the Path to Victory

Event will also stream live on this page.

 

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Keeping Ukraine on the Path to Victory

Past Event
Hudson Institute
February 21, 2023
A Ukrainian serviceman fires during a joint military training of armed forces, national guards, border guards and Security Service of Ukraine in Rivne region, near the border with Belarus, on February 11, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP) (Photo by DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP via Getty Images)
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A Ukrainian serviceman fires during a joint military training of armed forces, national guards, border guards, and Security Service of Ukraine near the Ukraine-Belarus border on February 11, 2023. (Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images)
21
February 2023
Past Event

Event will also stream live on this page.

 

Inquiries: [email protected]

Speakers:
john_walters
John P. Walters

President and CEO

Ukrainian Minister of Defense
Minister Oleksii Reznikov

Ukrainian Minister of Defense

Oksana Markarova
Ambassador Oksana Markarova

Ukrainian Ambassador to the US

Mamuka Mamulashvili
Mamuka Mamulashvili

Commander of the Georgian Legion

nolan peterson
Nolan Peterson

Senior Editor for Coffee or Die; War Reporter based in Ukraine since 2014; former US Air Force Special Operations Pilot

massaro
Paul Massaro

Foreign Policy Expert

haring
Melinda Haring

Director, Superhumans Center and Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council

hodges
LTG (ret.) Ben Hodges

Former Commanding General of US Army Europe; Senior Advisor, Human Rights First

Maria Tomak
Maria Tomak

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

bryan_clark
Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Moderators:
Peter Rough Hudson Institute
Peter Rough

Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia

luke_coffey
Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Vladimir Putin’s three-day war against Ukraine is entering its second year. Right now, Ukraine has the momentum after two successful counterattacks late last year in Kharkiv and Kherson, but Russia is finalizing a large-scale mobilization of fresh troops. Russia gets weaker as it digs deep into its stockpiles of older military hardware to use against Ukraine. Ukraine gets stronger as it receives more advanced military hardware from the West. The big question is whether Western military support for Ukraine is too-little-too-late, or if it will arrive just in time to turn the tide and make 2023 a year of victory. Join us to discuss what can be expected in 2023 and how the United States and its allies can continue their vital support for Ukraine.

Agenda

8:20 – 8:30 a.m. | Opening Remarks

  • John P. Walters, President and CEO, Hudson Institute

8:30 – 9:00 a.m. | Keynote

  • Ambassador Oksana Markarova, Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States

9:00 – 9:15 a.m. | Special Address

  • Minister Oleksii Reznikov, Ukrainian Minister of Defense (remote)

9:15 – 9:45 a.m. | A View from the Front Line 

  • Mamuka Mamulashvili, Commander of the Georgian Legion (remote)

9:50 – 10:50 a.m. | Panel 1: Ukraine in 2023

  • Nolan Peterson, Senior Editor for Coffee or Die; War Reporter based in Ukraine since 2014; former US Air Force Special Operations Pilot 
  • Paul Massaro, Foreign Policy Expert
  • Melinda Haring, Director, Superhumans Center and Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council

Moderator

  • Peter Rough,  Senior Fellow and Director of the Center on Europe and Eurasia, Hudson Institute 

10:50 – 11:10 a.m. | Intermission

11:10 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Panel 2: The Liberation of Crimea

  • LTG (ret.) Ben Hodges, former Commanding General of US Army Europe; Senior Advisor, Human Rights First (remote)
  • Maria Tomak, Head of the Crimea Platform Department at the Mission of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (remote)
  • Bryan Clark, Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Defense Concepts and Technology, Hudson Institute

Moderator

  • Luke Coffey, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
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