Ukraine’s Energy Front: A Conversation with Volodymyr Kudrytskyi
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The Russian assault on Ukraine’s electrical generating capacity and transmission grid as part of its full-scale war again Ukraine, is unprecedented in the history of warfare. Wilson Center’s Global Europe Program and its Ukraine in Europe initiative, have the privilege to welcome Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, the former CEO of Ukraine’s electric grid operator, who led the company as it was implementing its synchronization with the European integrated transmission system ENTSO-E, balancing the grid and mitigating damage inflicted by Russian missile strikes. We will discuss the grave challenges facing Ukraine’s energy system for the upcoming winter and beyond as well as lessons for Ukraine and other nations going forward.
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Senior Research Associate, Project on Managing the Atom at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center
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Global Europe Program
The Global Europe Program is focused on Europe’s capabilities, and how it engages on critical global issues. We investigate European approaches to critical global issues. We examine Europe’s relations with Russia and Eurasia, China and the Indo-Pacific, the Middle East and Africa. Our initiatives include “Ukraine in Europe”—an examination of what it will take to make Ukraine’s European future a reality. But we also examine the role of NATO, the European Union and the OSCE, Europe’s energy security, transatlantic trade disputes, and challenges to democracy. The Global Europe Program’s staff, scholars-in-residence, and Global Fellows participate in seminars, policy study groups, and international conferences to provide analytical recommendations to policy makers and the media. Read more
Kennan Institute
The Kennan Institute is the premier US center for advanced research on Eurasia and the oldest and largest regional program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. The Kennan Institute is committed to improving American understanding of Russia, Ukraine, Central Asia, the South Caucasus, and the surrounding region though research and exchange. Read more