Distinguished Speaker Series "Ukraine: Past, Present, and Future"
Thu, Jan 27
|ZOOM Webinar
Join us for an evening with Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States, Oksana Markarova!
Time & Location
Jan 27, 2022, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
ZOOM Webinar
About the event
a World Affairs Councils of America “Embassy Row Live” event!
About the Program:
Ukraine: Past, Present and Future
The whole world watches anxiously as Russia has positioned an army of 100,000 troops along the Eastern border of Ukraine. The second largest country in Europe, Ukraine regained its independence in 1991 after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, declaring its foreign policy choice to join the EU and NATO. In 2014 Russia invaded Ukraine, attempted to annex the Crimea, and instigated war in Donbass. By launching military aggression against Ukraine, Russia violated the fundamental norms and principles of international law, and led to dire humanitarian impacts. Russian aggression has claimed about 14 thousand lives of Ukrainians. Just what are Russia’s intentions now? And what does Ukraine need from the West to resolve this existential impasse and repulse a military aggression? Please join us to hear Oksana Markarova, Ukraine’s Ambassador to the…