For the first time, Ukraine Recovery Conference will include a dedicated security and defense dimension: Yulia Svyrydenko
Ukraine and Poland are preparing to host the Ukraine Recovery Conference this June. For the first time, Ukraine Recovery Conference will include a dedicated security and defense dimension.
This was announced by Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko at the “Road to URC” event in Rzeszów.
“It is especially important for us that, for the first time, this annual conference will include a dedicated security and defense dimension – a key pillar of Ukraine’s recovery alongside energy, private sector development, human capital, and infrastructure reconstruction on the path to EU membership,” noted the Head of Government.
Yulia Svyrydenko emphasized that since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Ukraine’s defense industrial production capacity had increased 50-fold. Nearly half of the weapons used by our Defense Forces are produced in Ukraine.
The Prime Minister highlighted that Ukraine had one of the fastest innovation cycles: from idea to active combat deployment in as little as three months. Ukrainian drones, ground and maritime systems, electronic warfare capabilities, counter-drone solutions, and new types of missiles are already changing the nature of modern warfare. The world is interested in this experience.
“We are ready to expand cooperation and integrate Ukraine’s defense industry into the European space. The “Build with Ukraine” and “Build in Ukraine” initiatives create tools for developing joint ventures and localizing production both in Ukraine and in partner countries. This is a shared investment in the security of our continent,” told Yulia Svyrydenko.
The Prime Minister thanked the Ukrainian defense manufacturers who had presented their stands in Rzeszów, adding that Ukraine is ready for defense partnership. The developing of contacts is to be tackled during the Conference in Gdańsk in June.