Schedule

Kyiv Lviv Kharkiv Odesa
August 25
START TIMELOCATIONSPEAKERSTOPICS / DESCRIPTION
11:00 AMLVIVYuriy Ignat, Spokesperson for the Air Force Command of Ukraine’s Armed Forces (online)Topics of focus:
– Missile strikes by russia and the Air Force’s work on August 23 and 24
12:00 PMLVIVMaksym Nefyodov, Manager of Reform Support Projects at Kyiv School of Economics (online)Topics of focus:
– Results of the “russia Will Pay” project after 6 months of the war
– Investments in rebuilding Ukraine: Are there specific proposals?
– Further development of the “russia Will Pay” project

Why this is interesting:
The “russia Will Pay” project is a joint initiative by the Kyiv School of Economy, the Office of the President of Ukraine, and the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine for economists to calculate the damage caused by russia during its war in Ukraine.
1:30 PMLVIVYurii Schpitser, representative of Help Heroes of Ukraine, a U. S. Charity

Viktoriia Dovzhyk, Director of the Financial Policy Department of Lviv City Council

Oleksandr Khoroshun, head of the Supply Service of the 125th Brigade of the Territorial Defense Force of Ukraine’s Armed Forces

(in person)
Why this is interesting:
The U. S. charity Help Heroes of Ukraine donated UAH 500,000 worth of fabric to the city of Lviv for manufacturing military uniforms. The pixelated military fabric made to the NATO standards will be used to sew 1100 uniforms for Lviv’s two territorial defense brigades. Almost half of the uniforms are ready and handed over to the soldiers.

Help Heroes of Ukraine is a charity established in the USA during the first days of russia’s all-out invasion by Ukrainians living in Chicago.
START TIMELOCATIONSPEAKERSTOPICS / DESCRIPTION
12:00 PMKYIVIvan Fedorov, Mayor of Melitopol (online)Topics of focus: The current situation in the occupied city, the guerrilla movement
1:30 PMKYIVOleksandra Azarkhina, Deputy Minister of Infrastructure

Tamila Tasheva, Permanent Representative of the President of Ukraine to the Autonomous Republic of Crimea

Alina Frolova, Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine (2019–2020), Deputy Chair of the Board of the Center for Defense Strategies

Tymofii Mylovanov, President of Kyiv School of Economics
Key topics: the Crimea Platform. A strategy for the de-occupation of Crimea and economic model