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Schedule

Kyiv Lviv Kharkiv Odesa
July 15
TimeLOCATIONSpeakertopic
10:00 AMKYIV– A group of foreign volunteers (anonymous) – military personnel currently serving or who have previously served in the Armed Forces of Ukraine; 
– Lera Burlakova, a Ukrainian veteran and journalist.


All in person. 		Challenges off the battlefield for foreign volunteers: difficulties accessing necessary military and veteran services, benefits, entitlements, and administrative procedures

Topics for discussion: 
– Bureaucratic challenges faced by foreign volunteers; 
– Unresolved issues with military IDs during the transition from a paper-based to a digital system;
– Issues with payments and benefits; 
– Insufficient communication from government agencies; 
– Possible solutions to these problems. 


Why is this important? 
Foreign citizens who have voluntarily come to Ukraine’s defense continue to face serious administrative and bureaucratic obstacles both during and after their service. Despite Ukraine’s efforts to recruit more foreign volunteers, many of them report difficulties accessing necessary military and veteran services, payments, benefits, and administrative procedures.

12:00 PM		KYIV– Andriy Kovalenko, Head of the Center for Public Diplomacy, officer of the Ukrainian Defense Forces; 
– Anahit Khoperia, Deputy Head of the Center for Public Diplomacy;
– a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine; 
– a representative of the Security Service of Ukraine; 
– a representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine; 
– a representative of the European External Action Service (EEAS).


All in person. 		Presentation of the report “Beyond the Battlefield: russia’s Information War Against Ukraine’s European Future”

Why is this important? 
A detailed joint report by analysts from the Center for Policy and Development and the European External Action Service (EEAS) demonstrates how russian disinformation and interference are attempting to undermine Ukraine’s path to European Union membership.


Registration: Call +380 50 330 84 59. Registration is open to the media until 3:00 PM on July 14.