Mykhailo Haharkin, Ukrainian National Lobbyist Association Representative Participates in the Munich Security Conference
Mykhailo Haharkin, UNLA representative is participating in the Munich Security Conference — one of the leading global security forums that annually brings together world leaders, politicians, diplomats, and experts to discuss international security challenges.
During the conference, meetings and discussions were held with prominent opponents of the Kremlin regime, including Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Garry Kasparov.
According to Haharkin, today is no longer about “security” as a topic for conference receptions, but about security as the price of the air one can still breathe without a dictator’s permission.
He stressed that Munich once again gathers the world to pronounce the right words about order, borders, and rules — a familiar ritual of European rhetorical diplomacy where declarations often replace action and fatigue is presented as wisdom. Yet Ukraine in that hall is not an agenda item and not a “crisis case.” Ukraine is the frontline of European reality.
The war has long ceased to be a “regional conflict.” It is a daily exam for the West — the ability to distinguish threat from complacency, principle from convenience, freedom from the temptation of peace at any cost.
The core challenge is simple and severe: security is no longer guaranteed by speeches or neutrality. It is guaranteed by strength, production capacity, discipline, and the willingness to pay for freedom not with applause, but with decisions that hurt.
Ukraine today is not a petitioner. Ukraine is proof that the world stands not on diplomatic smiles, but on those who do not retreat even when the civilized hall is already looking for where to place a period in order to avoid placing a signature.
The transformation of Russia, accountability for aggression, and the shaping of a new European security architecture remain at the center of the global agenda.
