Dear Readers and Valued Participants,

Let us invite you to a panel discussion on the topic of „War in Ukraine: Lessons Learned,“ organized for the third consecutive year by the Centre for Security and Military-Strategic Studies of the University of Defence. The event will take place on February 27, 2025, from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM, at the University of Defence Club, Brno, Šumavská 4. You can find the link for online conference streaming here. Access will be possible using a password which will be sent via email to registered participants after February 17, 2025.

Thanks to close collaboration with CEVRO University, representatives from the American Centre for the Study of New Generation Warfare, including Greg Melcher and Phillip A. Petersen, as well as other international and University of Defence experts, have confirmed their participation in the event. The workshop will also feature speeches from Deputy Commander of the Operations Command, Brigadier General Ing. Jaroslav Míka, and Commander of the Training Command – Military Academy, Brigadier General Ing. Ladislav Rebilas. The speakers will share insights and lessons from the Ukrainian conflict that have received less attention in broader discussions.

Planned Program:

9.00 – 9.10 Opening remarks (Associate professor Josef Procházka, Director of the Centre for Security and Military Strategic Studies)

9.10 – 9.40 Risks and Challenges from Drawing Lessons from Russia’s War in Ukraine (Dr. Phillip A. Petersen, President of the Next Generation Warfare Centre)

9.40 – 10.10 Ukraine Lessons Learned (MG (retired) Volodymyr Havrlov, former DMOD Ukraine)  

10.10 – 10.40 Lessons that Russia is learning in Ukraine (Arseny Sivisky)

10.40 – 11.20 Break

11.20 – 11.40 Presentation of Brigadier General Jaroslav Míka (Deputy Commander of the Operations Command)

11.40 – 12.00 Presentation of Brigadier General Ladislav Rebilas (Commander of the Training Command – Military Academy)

12.00 – 12.20 Current situation in Ukraine (Dr. Zdeněk Petráš, Centre for Security and Military Strategic Studies)

12.20 – 12.55 Discussion

12.55 – 13.00 Closing remarks

If you are interested, please register here (participants from the University of Defence), participants outside the University of Defence here. 

Best regards,

Assoc. Prof. Ing. Josef Procházka, Ph.D.
Director, Centre for Security and Military-Strategic Studies, University of Defence