Public event “The Nuclear Factor in the Russian-Ukrainian War, Ukraine’s Security Guarantees and Global Security”. Organizer: Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation. Should Ukraine restore its nuclear status and is it realistic to return its own nuclear potential? Experts analyze how close Russia was to using tactical nuclear weapons, whether it is capable of getting involved in a nuclear race with the United States, and what real threat its nuclear blackmail poses to the world and Ukraine. Participants: Valeriy CHALIY – Chairman of the Board of the Ukrainian Crisis Media Center, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United States (2015–2019). Oleh SHAMSHUR – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United States (2005–2010) and France (2015–2020). Oleksiy MELNYK – Co-Director of Foreign Policy and International Security Programs at the Razumkov Center (to be announced later) Oleksiy GARAN – Scientific Advisor to the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation, Professor of Political Science at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. Mariya ZOLKINA – Head of the Regional Security and Conflict Studies Department at the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation, Research Fellow at the London School of Economics (online). Moderator: Taras ZHOVTENKO – Acting Executive Director, Security Analyst of the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation. Be sure to subscribe to the channel in Ukrainian 👉 / @ukrainecrisismediacenteronline Ukrainian Crisis Media Center channel in English 👉 / @uacrisismediacenter ✅ Ukrainian Crisis Media Center on social networks: Facebook UA: / uacrisis.ua Facebook ENG: / uacrisis Twitter UA: https://x.com/UCMC_ua Twitter ENG: https://x.com/uacrisis Telegram: https://t.me/uchooseinfo Instagram: / uacrisis_org