Joint high-level event with Embassy of Ukraine in Sweden and HUG at Almedalen

📅 23 June

🕒 15:00–20:00

📍 Kultudralen, S:t Nicolai kyrkoruin, Visby

As Russia’s war against Ukraine continues, momentum is increasingly shifting in Ukraine’s favor. The question is no longer whether Ukraine will endure, but how this moment can be turned into a decisive strategic advantage.

On 23 June we invite you to the high-level event that approaches this question from two directions: through art and through policy.

15:00 | PALYANYTSIA: film screening.

Award-winning Ukrainian documentary following two artists travelling across a country at war.

17:00 | Panel: Standing with Ukraine. What comes next?

A panel discussion about the prospects for a just peace, the strategic choices ahead for Ukraine and its partners, and how international support can remain effective in a prolonged war.

Speakers:

🔹Jessica Rosencrantz, Minister for European Union Affairs of Sweden;

🔹Svitlana Zalishchuk, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Kingdom of Sweden;

🔹Torbjörn Becker, Director of the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics;

🔹Major Maksym Horbatiuk, Head of Land weapon systems service, 21st separate mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Moderated by Karin Hübinette, Swedish journalist and television presenter.

18:00 | Borscht Tasting

Traditional Ukrainian borscht served in support for Ukrainian veterans and defenders, followed by open networking.

We welcome everyone to join us - come for one part or stay for the whole afternoon.