Ukraine was advocated for in Finland

An advocacy summit, Nordic Ukraine, took place in Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Participants included the co-founder and Deputy Head of the Ukrainian Center for Security and Cooperation Olesia Horiainova and an expert on hybrid warfare, Head of the International Cooperation Department of the UCSS Solomiia Khoma.

Summit participants representing civil society organizations from Ukraine, the Nordic countries, and the Baltics worked in four panel discussions that focused on the mission of civil society organizations abroad in providing long-term support to Ukraine.

“We are now at a point where the Ukrainian army under the command of General Syrskyi is eliminating more than 1,000 occupiers every day, Ukrainian intelligence and Russian volunteers under the leadership of General Budanov are destroying Putin’s army in the occupied territories and inside Russia itself, President Zelenskyy is convening a global Peace Summit in Switzerland. And I am speaking at an event in Finland, NATO’s 31st member state, which has finally become a full-fledged member of the Alliance,”

Olesia Horiainova said during her speech at the summit.

According to her, the international community unfortunately still fears escalation, which Russia uses to intimidate supporters of Ukraine, imposing restrictions on Ukraine’s use of Western weapons.

“But just like Hitler’s Germany, modern Russia can only be defeated by an alliance of democratic countries. A defeat in this war would be a defeat of the entire West,”

Olesia Horiainova emphasized.

As a result of the panel discussions, one of which was moderated by Solomiia Khoma, a joint declaration was adopted. It will serve as a roadmap for further advocacy efforts, ensuring that the voice of civil society organizations remains strong and united in support of Ukraine.

The event was organized by the Society of Ukrainians in Finland and the Nordic Ukraine Forum from Sweden, with the support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.