DEFENDERS
WHERE WE ARE – THERE IS UKRAINE!
IV International Volunteer
and Veterans Forum
August 22
Schedule
Formal Opening
Yuliya Laputina
Minister for Veterans' Affairs of Ukraine
Valeriy Zaluzhny
Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine's Armed Forces
Andriy Rymaruk
Former serviceman of Ukrainian Armed Forces, volunteer and actor
Lyuba Shypovych
Co-Founder of the «Razom for Ukraine» NGO
11:05-12:05
National Fortitude. Veterans
Moderator: Vadym Karpyak
TV presenter
Ihor Hordiychuk
Major General, Hero of Ukraine, Chief of Kyiv Ivan Bohun Military College
Andriy Zelinskiy
Military Chaplain
Alyona Verbitska
Advisor to the Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, the Head of the Advisory Council on Ensuring the Rights and Freedoms of Defenders of Ukraine
Irma Vitovska-Vantsa
Theater and movie actress
Arseniy Prylipka
Veteran, actor of the Project «W» Veterans theater
Roman Lyuby
“War Note” film’s director
12:30-13:30
Veterans: International Experience
Модератор: Kateryna Zarembo
Associate fellow of the New Europe Center, International Relations’ Lecturer in the National University of "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy"
Koba Kobaladze
Major General, Director of State Service of Veterans' Affairs of Georgia
Olena Kravtsiv
Second Secretary of the Political Section of the US Embassy in Ukraine, US Navy Officer
Ihor Rudko
National Commander of “Ukrainian American Veterans” NGO
Oleh Vyshnyakov
Honorary Consul of Israel in Western Ukraine
Špiro Janović
State Secretary at the Ministry of Croatian Veterans
Felix Ebbestad
Defense Attaché of the Royal Danish Embassy to Ukraine
13:35-14:35
Success Stories and History of Leadership in the Veteran Community
Moderator: Andriana Arekhta
Veteran, Head of “Ukrainian Women Veteran Movement” NGO
Taras Chmout
Chair of the “International Charity Foundation “Come Back Alive”
Yuriy Shchyrin
Founder and General Director of the Agency of Industrial Marketing
Mariya Berlinska
Veteran, IREX Veterans Reintegration Program Manager
Yuriy Loshak
Ukrainian Armed Forces serviceman, Commander of the Kerch Marine Guard Detachment of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine in 2014
Veterans Sports: Paving the Path to Rehabilitation
Oksana Horbach
Warrior Games’ National Coordinator, Managing Director of the Center for Strategic Communications StratCom Ukraine
Maks Yermokhin
Member of Ukrainian National Team in Warrior Games-2021, Ukrainian Armed Forces serviceman
Ihor Bezkaravayny
Deputy Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, Member of Ukrainian National Team in Invictus Games and Warrior Games-2021
Viktor Lehkodukh
Member of Ukrainian National Team in Warrior Games-2021
Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko
First Vice-President of Ukrainian Association of Football, Honored Football Coach of Ukraine, Olympic Champion
Volodymyr Zelenskiy
President of Ukraine