International conference „Lithuania for Ukraine“ 2025
The second annual conference “Lithuania – for Ukraine” is dedicated to the third anniversary of the
full-scale war in Ukraine.
Conference organisers
Members of the European Parliament:
Paulius Saudargas
Petras Auštrevičius
Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis
Dainius Žalimas
Non-governmental organizations:
Memorabilis
EU4Kherson
Partners:
Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania
Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union
Where and when?
Date
21st. of February, 2025
Time
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Lokacija
Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania, Constitution hall
Gediminas ave. 53, Vilnius, Lithuania
Conference programme
Opening of the conference and welcome speech
- Saulius Skvernelis, Speaker of Seimas
- H. E. Olga Nikitchenko, Ambassador of Ukraine to Lithuania
- Paulius Saudargas, Member of the European Parliament
- Petras Auštrevičius, Member of the European Parliament
- Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Member of the European Parliament
- Kęstutis Kudzmanas, Chief Adviser to the Prime Minister on International Relations
- H. E. Inga STANYTĖ-TOLOČKIENĖ, Ambassador of Lithuania to Ukraine (online)
9:00 - 9:30
Keynote speaker (video)
- Andrius Kubilius, European Defence and Space Commissioner
9:30 - 9:45
Lithuanian humanitarian assistance to Ukraine
Moderator: Milda Goštautaitė, Head of NGO Memorabilis
- Juozas Olekas, First Deputy Speaker of Seimas, “Support of the Seimas of Lithuania for Ukraine”
- Deimantė Bukeikaitė, vice minister of Social Security and Labour ministry, “Government support for NGOs working with support for Ukraine”
- Grzegorz Marek Poznański, Minister Plenipotentiary, Chargé d’Affaires a.i. Embassy of the Republic of Poland, “Cooperation of Lithuanian Poland in providing assistance to Ukraine”
- Mykola Yatsenko, Head of administration of Tiahynka, “Communities living at the front Line”
- Serhii Skorik, Director of the National Park Kamianska Sich, “The Consequences of War”
9:45 - 11:15
Break
11:15 - 11:30
Lithuania's military support for Ukraine
Moderator: Alminas Sinevičius, Member of the Centre for Civil Security and Analysis Locked N’ Loaded
- Oleksandr Prokudin, Head of the Military Administration of Kherson Region, “Military situation in Kherson Region”
- Brigadier General Andriy Vikhtyuk, Director of the Department of work organisation, planning and control of the Administration of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine and Andriy Demchenko, Assistant Head of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine – press secretary (online)
- Col. Algirdas Norkus, Head of International Relations and Operations Group, MoD, “Lithuanian military support for Ukraine. Strengthening defence capabilities”
- Gediminas Armonavičius, Training and Non-Kinetic Operations Center of the Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union, “LRU and support for Ukraine”
- Justas Gavėnas, public activist, “Active minority during the war. The role of civilians in supporting the military.“
11:30 - 13:00
Break
13:00 - 13:15
Lithuania and Ukraine's European and Euro-Atlantic integration
Moderator: Margarita Šešelgytė, Director of TSPMI VU
- Dainius Žalimas, Member of the European Parliament “International sanctions against Russia: Their impact on Ukraine’s Euro-Atlantic integration”
- Donatas Augulis, Adviser to the President of the Republic of Lithuania, “The role of NATO and the EU: the role of the Alliance and the Union in strengthening security in the region”.
- Darius Skusevičius, Ambassador-at-Large to the Lithuanian MFA, responsible for coordinating Ukraine’s recovery and reconstruction , “Lithuania’s contribution to Ukraine’s recovery, reconstruction and Euro-Atlantic integration“
- Magnus Hjortdal, Advisor, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Denmark to Lithuania “Danish experience on the path to Euro-Atlantic integration”
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Andryi Buryak, Counsellor, Embassy of Ukraine to Lithuania: “Challenges and cooperation on Ukraine’s path to the EU and NATO”