May 11, 2020

Save the Date!                                                                             Registration We cordially invite you to join the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation on Wednesday, May 20 th at 12pm - 1 pm for a webinar on Ukraine and the Black Sea: International Security Interests

Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula was seized and occupied by Russia in the spring of 2014. Since then there has been a massive Russia military build-up on the peninsula and a threatening naval build-up has been and is taking place. The Russian navy has seized Ukrainian vessels and crews illegally and without provocation, is disrupting commercial access to the Sea of Azov and is methodically expanding its

presence and intimidation in the Black Sea.   Our recognized experts will discuss this situation and its ramifications for Ukraine, other countries bordering the Black Sea (including NATO members) and the United States’ national security interests.

Lt. General (Ret.) Ben Hodges Center for European Policy Analysis

Glen Howard President Jamestown Foundation

Admiral (Ret. ) Ihor Kabanenko Former Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine

Bohdan Ustymenko   Maritime Law Attorney, Former Deputy Head of  Hydrographical Service

Link to registration   here

Bob McConnell Coordinator, External Relations U.S.-Ukraine Foundation’s Friends of Ukraine Network Robert A. McConnell is a co-founder of the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation and Coordinator of External Relations for the Foundation’s Friends of Ukraine Network. He is Principal of R.A. McConnell and Associates. Previously, he has served as head of the Government Advocacy Practice at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Vice President – Washington for CBS, Inc, and Assistant Attorney General in the Department of Justice during the Reagan Administration. rmcconnell@usukraine.org

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