Ukraine Conference Urges World to Catch Up to ‘Frontline Time’

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Ukrainian and global leaders said the West must act with the urgency of soldiers on the frontlines

Ukrainian servicemen operate a Soviet-made T-72 tank in the Sumy region, near the border with Russia, on August 12, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by ROMAN PILIPEY/AFP via Getty Images)

Posted: September 16th, 2024

By Brian Bonner

Brian Bonner led the Kyiv Post, Ukraine's English-language newspaper, from 2008-2021, but spent most of his career as a journalist covering international, national and local news for the St. Paul Pioneer Press in Minnesota from 1983-2007. Now, besides working for The Cipher Brief, he hosts a weekly English-language podcast on Hromadske (Public) Radio in Kyiv.

EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — It’s become the premier conference on the war in Ukraine, and this year it had the feel of a political or even religious rally – as participants cheered the war’s heroes, and chastised nations for not doing enough to ensure a Ukrainian over Russia.

Ukrainian soldiers and commanders, international bankers, and top U.S. and European officials were among the speakers at the 20^th annual Yalta European Strategy (YES) conference, which was staged over the past several days by the Ukrainian billionaire Victor Pinchuk.

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