Ukraine’s Victory in Russia’s War: The Role of the United Kingdom
Date and time:
Thursday 26 January, 2023
18:00 - 20:00
Location:
Bentham House
4-8 Endsleigh Gardens
London
WC1H 0EG
How can the UK help Ukraine defeat Russia, restoring full control over its internationally recognised borders, securing justice and accountability for Russian war crimes, and enabling a swift and full recovery and reconstruction of Ukraine?
The UK has played an important role so far providing Ukraine with military support and imposing sanctions on the Russian economy, its officials and its kleptocratic elites. But much more can be done. This event will examine what the UK’s role should be going forward to ensure Ukraine emerges fully victorious following Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022.
UCL SSEES and the Ukrainian Institute London will host the director of PEN Ukraine and leaders of the International Centre for Ukrainian Victory, which aims to mobilise decision-makers, societies, and expert communities to help achieve Ukrainian victory as soon as possible while preventing as many human losses as possible.
Speaker
Hanna Hopko
Hanna Hopko chaired the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Ukrainian Parliament from 2014-19. She was one of the civic leaders of the EuroMaidan in 2013-14, and was subsequently elected to Parliament from the pro-European Self-Reliance Party in 2014. She later served as an independent MP until 2019. Following Russia's full-scale invasion, Hopko worked together with other Ukrainian activists to found the International Center for Ukrainian Victory (ICUV). Hopko also serves as Chair of the Board of the National Interests Advocacy Network (ANTS).
Speaker
Olena Halushka
Olena Halushka is a board member of the Anti-Corruption Action Center in Ukraine and a co-founder of the International Center for Ukrainian Victory (ICUV). She has previously worked as Chief of International Advocacy at the post-Maidan coalition of 80 CSOs “Reanimation Package of Reforms” (2015-2017). Olena has experience of local level politics as she has served as a Kyiv City Council member, and Deputy Chair of the Council’s Commission on Housing and Energy (2014- 2015). Olena has written op-eds for The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Foreign Policy and EU Observer.
Speaker
Olga Aivazovska
Olga Aivazovska is Head of the Board of the Civil Network OPORA NGO, and an international expert in electoral matters and developing draft laws. She is a co-founder of the International Center for Ukrainian Victory and the Warsaw Center for War Crimes Documentation. Aivazovska was a director of nonpartisan observation missions in Ukraine with over 25,000 activists involved from 2010 to 2021. She represented Ukraine in the political subgroup of the Trilateral Contact Group (Ukraine-Russia-OSCE) and she also serves as Head of the Board of the Global Network of Domestic Election Monitors.
Speaker
Tetyana Teren
Tetyana Teren is a Ukrainian journalist, cultural manager, and executive director of PEN Ukraine, one of the oldest and biggest cultural and human rights organisations in Ukraine. She is the author of 5 books of interviews with Ukrainian writers and artists. In 2017–2018, Teren was the head of the Ukrainian Book Institute. Since 2018, she has been Executive Director of the Ukrainian centre of PEN International (PEN Ukraine). After the beginning of Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine, PEN Ukraine has been focused on monitoring Russian crimes against Ukrainian media and culture, supporting the Ukrainian cultural community and documenting the experience of war.
