“First of all, we urgently need an European Parliament Resolution stating the EU support of Ukraine, expanded military procurement budget, and extension of a long-term security package to Ukraine”, - Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Chairman of the Kyiv Security Forum, Prime Minister of Ukraine in 2014-2016 at the special KSF event on February 21, 2025.

Correspondingly, the EU should ask the US to extend the same support and provide a lend-lease package for Ukraine. Moreover, it is necessary to ask the US not to curtail their defence expenditures, even though such plans have already been voiced: “We need to say – we stand ready to purchase American weapons provided you give a lend-lease package to Ukraine. We stand ready to upscale our defence spending if you do the same. This is a two-way street”.

One more issue on the agenda is Russian assets, Arseniy Yatsenyuk stressed: “There are some 300 billion of Russian assets, not in the US, but in the EU. Do not fear the Russians. If we want to prevail in this war – we must act. Europe must confiscate these assets and tell the American President: we’ve done our part, now it’s your turn to do the same with 5 billion of Russian assets that are held in the US”.

This money, Mr. Yatsenyuk stressed, could be used for defence procurement for Ukraine.

One more issue of importance - sanctions: “The EU must take the lead in this process and apply secondary sanctions to all circumventing sanction policies of the EU and the US. This way, the EU can say to the US administration: we’ve done our part, it’s your turn now”.

The KSF Chairman also reminded the audience that certain rumors circulate about tensions among the G7 countries vis-à-vis a Resolution condemning the Russian aggression, “allegedly, the US remain reluctant to sign such a wording”: “Do be proactive. State clearly: “we stand ready to adopt the decision by the G7 including statements of all member-states on their readiness to raise their military spending. On their readiness to support Ukraine, on their readiness to purchase weapons from the US. We stand ready to enforce our alliances. Whereas you, Mr. President, should incorporate this very wording into the statement”.

“If you go public – you attain your objective. I believe that the artistry of political deals, in the prime of their popularity across the modern world, works just this way”, - Arseniy Yatsenyuk argued.

“Either we want President Trump to win, or we want putin to win. I’m certain we want President Trump to win. It is because we want Ukraine to win. So, let’s profit from this wise approach – to give the Americans all they ask to get all we need. This is the world we live in”, - the KSF Chairman summed up.