On February 6, Kyiv Security Forum will hold a special event dedicated to the most pressing issues of war, peace, and security.

Constraining Russia, forcing the aggressor to retreat, achieving a just peace – are these goals achievable in 2026 amid global tensions and uncertainty? Is it possible to stop the war? Will we be able to preserve Euro-Atlantic unity? Will the rule of force or the hope for a just order prevail?

These and other questions will be discussed during a debate with leading international experts and diplomats.

Among the participants of the event are:

General David Petraeus, Member of the KSF Security Council, Commander of U.S. Central Command in 2008–2010, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency in 2011–2012

Natalka CMOC, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Canada to Ukraine

Gaël Veyssière, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the French Republic to Ukraine

Heiko Thoms, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Germany to Ukraine

Neil Crompton, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom to Ukraine

Lars Olaf Sovndahl Petersen, Chargé D`Affaires ad interim, Embassy of Denmark to Ukraine

Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Chairman of the Kyiv Security Forum, Prime Minister of Ukraine in 2014–2016

Moderator – Danylo Lubkivsky, Director of the Kyiv Security Forum

During the event, DeepStateUA co-founders Ruslan MYKULA and Roman POGORILY will also present their analytics.

The event is also being broadcast live:

in English – on the Kyiv Security Forum YouTube channel;

in Ukrainian – on the Open Ukraine and Kyiv Security Forum Facebook pages, as well as on the Open Ukraine YouTube channel.

The broadcast will begin at 15:30 (EET).

Open Ukraine is an international foundation established in 2007 on the initiative of Arseniy Yatsenyuk to strengthen Ukraine's international standing. Every year, the foundation organises the Kyiv Security Forum, which has become the leading international discussion platform in Ukraine on issues of war and peace, as well as the Kyiv Security Forum for Youth to promote the development of a new generation of Ukrainian leaders.