Europe must take responsibility for its own security as decisively as possible, as the American presence on the continent is not set to increase. This was stated by Gaël Veyssière, the French Ambassador to Ukraine, during a discussion at the Kyiv Security Forum’s new format event, ‘Kyiv Security Forum: Deep Strike’.

Almost all military aid to Ukraine currently comes from the EU and other European countries—about 99% of the total. This was emphasized by German Ambassador to Ukraine Heiko Thoms during a discussion at the Kyiv Security Forum’s new event format, “Kyiv Security Forum: Deep Strike.”

The G7 summit, which took place this week, demonstrated the unity of the world’s leading democracies – this is not at all what Putin and Xi had expected. This was stated by Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Chairman of the Kyiv Security Forum and Prime Minister of Ukraine from 2014 to 2016, during a new event format of the Kyiv Security Forum—“Kyiv Security Forum: Deep Strike.” “Many expected a rift among the world’s leading democracies. But they remain united and share a common position,” he noted.

A strike on Russian targets more than a thousand kilometres from the border sends a military, psychological and economic message to Putin, his inner circle and the Russian people. This was emphasised by the Chairman of the Kyiv Security Forum and Prime Minister of Ukraine from 2014 to 2016, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, on the BBC, when answering a question about the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ strikes on Russian oil infrastructure and a Russian warship in Kronstadt, where one of the bases of the Russian Baltic Fleet is located.

Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Chairman of the Kyiv Security Forum and Prime Minister of Ukraine from 2014 to 2016, recently took part in the second meeting of the High-Level Advisory Group, initiated by European Commissioner for Defence and Space Andrius Kubilius. The meeting took place in Brussels and was dedicated to discussing the future of European defence.