«Ukraine is the driving force. And the Ukrainian issue is the driving force to unite finally Europe. Russia is something, some place, where Europe ends. Because we talk about the geographical borders of Europe. In the sense of political, cultural, yes. Where Russia is, there is no Europe», — Ambassador of Poland H.E. Mr. Jaroslaw Guzy.

🇺🇲In 2007, Romania joined the EU. However, before that, it had to overcome numerous challenges such as transitioning from dictatorship to democracy, combating corruption, and adapting to European standards.

🗣«I can't really see the slightest chance that Russia could succeed in reaching its goals in Ukraine. I simply can't see it. I mean, I don't believe it. The aggressor must pay for the damage he has caused», — shared the Ambassador of Latvia in Ukraine, Ilgvars Klava.

In the first issue of our project, An Outside Opinion, we spoke with Ambassador of Estonia Anneli Kolk about Ukraine's path to European integration.

In the fifth, last, episode of An Outside Opinion, Oleh Rybachuk interviewed Iwona Reichardt, the Deputy Editor-in-Chief for New Eastern Europe and member of the management board of the Jan Nowak-Jeziorański College of Eastern Europe, a Polish non-governmental think tank.

In the third episode of "An Outside Opinion" Oleh Rybachuk interviewed Andras Racz. Andras is a senior research fellow at the Center for Order and Management in Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia at the German Council on Foreign Relations. He deeply understands these regions and Hungarian politics, which we also discussed actively.

Head of The Centre of United Actions Oleh Rybachuk is launching a new series of interviews with diplomats, international experts, and researchers. His first guest is David Stulik. From 2007 to 2019, he was the press attaché for the EU representative in Ukraine, and now he is a senior analyst at the сenter "European Values".

⭐️ Why he didn't believe that "Kyiv would fall in three days"?

⭐️ What could undermine the unity of Europe in supporting Ukraine?

⭐️ Is it possible to carry out successful reforms during a war?

⭐️ How has the war changed Ukrainians' view of what the state should be like?

⭐️ How to make the Ukrainian government and parliament be more effective?

⭐️ Why did the Czech Republic avoid the threat of authoritarianism while Hungary did not?

⭐️ How can Ukraine guarantee its security alongside a neighbour like Russia?