Frankly Speaking | Sanctions, energy and tanks: Ukrainian military parity with Russia

15 September 2022: Host Jamie Shea is joined this week by Ambassador Vsevolod Chentsov, Head of the Mission of Ukraine to the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, to discuss the EU-Ukraine Association Council – the first meeting since the war broke out. Massive Ukrainian advances south of Kharkiv totalling 6,000km2 this past week have seen Russian forces on the backfoot, abandoning equipment and ammunition reserves. How likely is it that Ukraine can liberate all its territory in due course? Is the European Peace Facility (EPF) working? And how can the EU and Ukraine come closer together on key security issues, especially around the demilitarisation the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant? Tune in to find out what our speakers have to say. Linked Content The European Peace Facility: https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/policies/european-peace-facility/ The EEAS proposal for a Ukrainian training mission: https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/what-more-can-we-do-ukraine_en