The event was opened by Head of the Program Gelena Savruk: “Today, the traditional military confrontation has been complemented by multidimensional competition in the “gray zone” marked by subthreshold challenges — the aggressor’s ability to strike non-linearly and systematically in vulnerabilities far beyond the military. We now have to act ahead, go our own way and side by side with a global network of strategic partners. We need to be able to navigate at new speeds, building a wide range of capabilities at a fundamentally different level with a long-term projection of impact, development and prosperity.”
The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky congratulated the graduates and partners with a letter: "I am convinced that systematic thinking, a holistic understanding of strategies and significant leadership potential of leaders at all levels will help increase the defense capabilities of our country!"
"There is going to be a lot of change in the world, and we have to be ready for that. Who should manage this? Of course, these should be educated, patriotic people who understand what a state is, what our country is. All developed solutions must be installed in our society, and in this case we must rely, first of all, on ourselves and our real partners. After all, when we act together, no enemy will have any chance to be on our land," — said Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksiy Danilov and together with the head of the program presented diplomas to graduates.
Photo: Gelena Savruk and Oleksiy Danilov
Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksandr Polishchuk congratulated: “We are entering a very difficult period of implementation of all that has been achieved. Therefore, I hope that we will continue our cooperation with the School and our partners, who provide extraordinary support, which is important for strengthening this synergy not only at the national level, but also at the international level.”
Photo: kmbs graduates
The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny highlighted the importance of the areas of development in which the Program participants work, the joint contribution to the formation of the collective intelligence of the security and defense sector. The graduates were also greeted by international partners from the UK and Canada, Nicolas Harrocks and Rob Foster.
"You showed a holistic approach with a visionary solution in the context of today's Ukraine: you talked about changes in culture from vertical to horizontal, open systems and understanding of their work, human nature and its role in these systems," — dean of kmbs Olexandr Savruk.
The program includes the use of advanced military doctrines, concepts, strategies that change the understanding of the role and help to form a comprehensive vision of the National Security and Defense System in the development of the country in a hybrid confrontation. Among them are the use of a nationwide approach, integrated government approaches and multi-domain integration, gray zone strategies, and counteracting cognitive influence.
Read more at https://www.kmbs.ua/en/news/slp-graduation-10-11-2021