Despite the Kremlin’s unchanging rhetoric, Russia sees that NATO is becoming increasingly united, and Ukraine is succeeding in bringing the war onto Russian territory. This was stated by Kurt Volker, a member of the Security Council of the Kyiv Security Forum and U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations from 2017 to 2019, during a special KSF discussion titled “NATO Summit in Ankara: Decisions, Challenges, and the Way Forward.”

The most important message from the meeting between the presidents of Ukraine and the United States at the NATO summit in Ankara was Donald Trump’s decision to give the green light for the production of missiles for Patriot systems in Ukraine. This was stated by Marcin Buzanski, Director of the European Office of the Kyiv Security Forum (Brussels), during a special Kyiv Security Forum discussion titled “NATO Summit in Ankara: Decisions, Challenges, and the Way Forward.”

The U.S. midterm congressional elections will not significantly affect support for Ukraine –the majority of Americans consistently support the country. This was noted by William Taylor, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council and U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine from 2006 to 2009 and from 2019 to 2020, during a special discussion organised by the Kyiv Security Forum titled “NATO Summit in Ankara: Decisions, Challenges, and the Way Forward.”

The NATO summit in Ankara was one of the most important, as the Alliance demonstrated tangible results and is now stronger than ever. This was stated by Tanya Hartman, Head of the Policy East Team of the Political Affairs and Security Policy Division at NATO Headquarters, during a special discussion at the Kyiv Security Forum titled “NATO Summit in Ankara: Decisions, Challenges, and the Way Forward.”

That NATO summit at which Ukraine finally joins the Alliance will truly be historic – a process that began back in 2008. This was stated by Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Chairman of the Kyiv Security Forum and Prime Minister of Ukraine from 2014 to 2016, during a special discussion at the Kyiv Security Forum entitled ‘NATO Summit in Ankara: Decisions, Challenges and the Way Forward’.