Dear Colleagues!

The Ukrainian Center of Peacebuilding NGO, jointly with the Institute of World Policy and the Bukovyna Political Science Center and with the organizational support of the State Enterprise ‘Directorate-General for Rendering Services to Diplomatic Missions’, invites you to participate in a roundtable discussion for foreign diplomatic missions, experts, and Ukrainian and foreign media on the following subject: Security and European Integration in the Black Sea Region: Ukraine–Moldova. The event will take place on 16 April 2026 from 1:00 pm until 3:00 pm at the GDIP Media Centre, 6A Pyrohova St, Kyiv.

The roundtable discussion will cover the following issues:

1. The current state of Ukraine’s and Moldova’s European Integration process.
2. New trends in russian information operations aimed at undermining the European future of these countries.
3. Challenges and threats of russian influence in the Ukrainian-Moldovan cross-border region.
4. Prospects for the development of bilateral cooperation in education and science.
5. Mechanisms for countering subversive practices of russia’s neo-imperialist policy.

The event will feature:

• Yevhen MAHDA, moderator, director of the Institute of World Policy;
• Vadym HALAICHUK, people’s deputy of Ukraine, first deputy head of the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for Ukraine’s Integration in the European Union;
• Vitalii KULYK, head of the Educational and Research Laboratory for Countering Disinformation of the Vadym Hetman Kyiv National Economic University;
• Borys BABIN, expert at the Association of Reintegration of Crimea;
• Mihail SIRKELI, journalist, founder of the Nokta.md media project;
• Ivan KAPSAMUN, an ethnic Gagauz, journalist, and political analyst;
• Rosian VASILOI, analyst of security and military affairs, retired colonel, former head of the Moldovan Border Police;
• Anatolii KRUHLASHOV, doctor of political science, full professor, head of the Department of Political Science and Public Management, director of the Scientific and Research Center for European Integration and Regional Studies of the Yurii Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University;
• Viktor YAHUN, military and public figure, major general (reserve) of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), deputy head of the SBU (2014–15), director of the Agency for Security Sector Reform.

Please confirm your participation by 15 April 2026 by filling out the following registration form: https://forms.gle/kdUezoyMg3fnJs6T8 

For registration and inquiries, please contact Anna Mikholat, a representative of the GDIP Media Center Directorate, at +38 (097) 454-47-11‬ or via the following email: prepress.gdip@gmail.com.