The YES Board met in Kyiv to prepare for the 21st Yalta European Strategy Annual Meeting

The Yalta European Strategy (YES) members of the Board held a series of meetings in Kyiv with government leaders, representatives of the diplomatic community and civil society, as well as with military personnel and veterans. The purpose of the meetings is to prepare the agenda for the 21st YES Annual Meeting, which will take place on 12-13 September 2025 in Kyiv.

The Yalta European Strategy (YES) members of the Board held a series of meetings in Kyiv with government leaders, representatives of the diplomatic community and civil society, as well as with military personnel and veterans. The purpose of the meetings is to prepare the agenda for the 21st YES Annual Meeting, which will take place on 12-13 September 2025 in Kyiv.

These meetings included high-level discussions with Ukrainian officials such as Andriy Yermak, Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine; Denys Shmyhal, Prime Minister of Ukraine; Olha Stefanishyna, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine - Minister of Justice of Ukraine; Andriy Sybiha, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine; Kyrylo Budanov, Head of Ukraine's military intelligence, and others. A special meeting was also held with the ambassadors of the G7 countries and the heads of the NATO and European Union missions.

The discussions were focused on strategies to achieve peace, European and NATO military support, the repatriation of forcibly deported Ukrainian children, prisoner exchanges, and attracting investments in defense technologies.

YES Board was represented by Aleksander Kwaśniewski, President of Poland (1995–2005), Chairman of the Board of YES; Carl Bildt, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden (2006–2014), Prime Minister of Sweden (1991–1994); Kajsa Ollongren, Minister of Defense of the Netherlands (2022–2024); Sanna Marin, Prime Minister of Finland (2019–2023) and Victor Pinchuk, Founder of YES, the Victor Pinchuk Foundation, and EastOne Group.

Over twenty years YES has made an important contribution to shaping Ukraine's European future and encouraging international support for Ukraine in its fight against Russian aggression.

See photos from the YES Board meeting here