YES Board Members Visited Dnipro to Support Ukrainians

On Wednesday, February 16, 2022, the Yalta European Strategy (YES) Board came to Dnipro to support Ukrainians in the eastern part of the country, learn about the current situation, and pass their analysis to international leaders at the Munich Security Conference where Victor Pinchuk Foundation and YES will hold the Ukrainian Lunch on February 19.

The YES board held meetings among others with students, including scholars of the Zavtra.UA program, representatives of the mayor's office, ATO veterans and activists and employees of Interpipe Steel.

The Board was represented by its Chairman Aleksander Kwasniewski, President of Poland (1995-2005); Carl Bildt, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden (2006-2014), Prime Minister of Sweden (1991-1994); Stephane Fouks, Vice President of Havas Group, Executive Co-Chairman of Havas Worldwide; Kersti Kaljulaid, President of Estonia (2016-2021), United Nations Secretary-General's Global Advocate for Every Woman Every Child; and Victor Pinchuk, Founder and Member of the Board, YES and Founder of the Victor Pinchuk Foundation and EastOne group.

Addressing the press, Kersti Kaljulaid, said: “While the whole world is talking about the beginning of the war, the potential of the beginning of the war, the war has been ongoing. It’s the eighth year of war for Ukrainian people and that is also why we stand here today - to remind the world.”

 “We still hope that Russia will deescalate. There is still space to deescalate. But it is only Russia who can do it, because nobody else has escalated. Therefore, it has to be their decision. We are ready to continue our diplomatic work, and we are ready to insist, and we will always insist for the right of Ukraine to choose their partners and allies