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10 September · IET Savoy Place, London

Veterans Leadership Forum

Turning warriors into nation-builders — with ministers, international partners, and 20+ veterans on stage sharing the truths that change hearts and minds.

Veterans Leadership Forum at the Ukraine Freedom Summit

The sessions

6 sessions on the agenda.

1
Keynote

From Warriors to Nation Builders

Ukraine's comprehensive veteran strategy.

Ruslan Prykhodko (Deputy Minister of Veterans Affairs)
2
Panel

Leadership After Service

Veterans as Ukraine's greatest untapped leadership resource — from employment to POW reintegration.

MAJ Sergiy Zvhazin (72nd Brigade)Oleksandr Kobzarev (Unbroken)Brooks Newmark
3
Panel

Forging the Future from Fire

How battlefield experience transforms into national mythology and state-building.

MG Vladyslav Klochkov (PTSD Center)Yevhenii Malik (Former POW)Samuel Cook
4
Panel

Healing the Body

Advanced prosthetics and rehabilitation — restoring veterans to peak physical performance.

Roman Chernenko (Wounded Mentor)Oleksii Gushchyn (14th National Guard)Gilly Norton
5
Panel

Transforming Trauma into Strength

A revolutionary PTSD approach — creating resilient leaders rather than broken warriors.

MG Vladyslav KlochkovYuriy Holyk (47th Brigade)Jeff HartmanPaul Joyal
6
Panel

Freedom from Captivity

POW survivors share their experience of Russian captivity and the path to recovery.

Roman Hrybov (35th Marines, Former POW)Yevhenii Malik (Former POW)Iryna Bordun (War Widow)

Explore the programme

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The people behind the programme.

The veterans who spoke in London carry the truths that change hearts and minds. Their stories are why the Summit exists.

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